Usually means: Force exerted upward by fluid.
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  1. upthrusting: Merriam-Webster
  2. upthrusting: Wiktionary
  3. upthrusting: Dictionary.com
  4. upthrusting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. upthrusting: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (upthrust)

noun:  An upward thrust.
noun:  (nautical) Buoyancy.
noun:  (geology) An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.
verb:  (transitive) To thrust something upwards.
verb:  (intransitive) To be thrust upwards.
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