Usually means: Process of separating minerals using buoyancy.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. flotation: Merriam-Webster
  2. flotation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flotation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flotation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flotation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flotation, flotation: Wordnik
  7. flotation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. flotation: Wiktionary
  9. flotation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. flotation (floatation): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. flotation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. flotation: Dictionary.com
  13. Flotation (archaeology), Flotation (shares), Flotation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Flotation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. flotation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. flotation: Rhymezone
  17. Flotation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. flotation: FreeDictionary.org
  19. flotation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. flotation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. flotation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. Flotation: bizterms.net
  3. flotation: Finance-Glossary.com
  4. Flotation: Investopedia
  5. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flotation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. flotation: Medical dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Flotation: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  4. Archeological Collections Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. FLOTATION: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A state of floating, or being afloat.
noun:  The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.
noun:  (mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
noun:  (British, finance) The launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.

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