Flotation
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
2. The science of floating bodies. Center of flotation.
The imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
Origin: cf. F. Flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. Flotter to float. See Flotilla.
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