Define flotation in five points
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Flotation (also spelled floatation) involves phenomena related to the relative buoyancy of objects.
The term may also refer to:
- Flotation (archaeology), a method for recovering very small artefacts from excavated sediments
- Flotation (shares), an initial public offering of stocks or shares in a company
- Flotation, any material added to the hull of a watercraft to keep the hull afloat
- Flotation, the ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow
- "Floatation", a 1990 electronic music song by The Grid
- Flotation process, in process engineering, a method for the separation of mixtures
- Dissolved air flotation (DAF), a water treatment process
- Froth flotation, a process for separating hydrophobic from hydrophilic materials
- Induced gas flotation, a water treatment process that clarifies wastewaters (or other waters) by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids
- Flotation therapy, a technique which uses isolation
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noun
1.an act or state of floating.
2.the launching of a commercial venture, bond issue, loan, etc.
3.Metallurgy. a process for separating the different minerals in a mass of powdered ore based on their tendency to sink in, or float on, a given liquid.
4.the science of floating body
5.the launching or financing of a commercial enterprise by bond or share issues
the raising of a loan or new capital by bond or share issues
6.power or ability to float; buoyancy
Also called: froth flotation a process to concentrate the valuable ore in low-grade ores. The ore is ground to a powder, mixed with water containing surface-active chemicals, and vigorously aerated.
7. The bubbles formed trap the required ore fragments and carry them to the surface froth, which is then skimmed off