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buoyancy
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 buoyancy
Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface.
synoniem: perkiness.
Roget 858:
hope,
hopes;
desire
etc.
865;
fervent hope,
sanguine expectation,
trust,
confidence,
reliance;
faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
affiance,
assurance;
secureness,
security;
reassurance.
good omen,
good auspices;
promise,
well grounded hopes;
good prospect,
bright prospect;
clear sky.
assumption,
presumption;
anticipation
etc.
(expectation)
507.
hopefulness,
buoyancy,
optimism,
enthusiasm,
heart of grace,
aspiration.
[person who is hopeful]
optimist,
utopian,
utopist†.
castles in the air,
castles in Spain,
chateaux en Espagne [Fr.],
le pot aut lait [Fr.],
Utopia,
millennium;
day dream,
golden dream;
dream of Alnaschar†;
airy hopes,
fool's paradise;
mirage
etc.
(fallacies of vision)
443;
fond hope.
beam of hope,
ray of hope,
gleam of hope,
glimmer of hope,
flash of hope,
dawn of hope,
star of hope;
cheer;
bit of blue sky,
silver lining,
silver lining of the cloud,
bottom of Pandora's box,
balm in Gilead;
light at the end of the tunnel.
anchor,
sheet anchor,
mainstay;
staff
etc.
(support)
215;
heaven
etc.
981.
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Roget 320:
levity;
lightness
etc.
adj.;
imponderability,
buoyancy,
volatility.
feather,
dust,
mote,
down,
thistle,
down,
flue,
cobweb,
gossamer,
straw,
cork,
bubble,
balloon;
float,
buoy;
ether,
air.
leaven,
ferment,
barm†,
yeast.
lighter-than-air balloon,
helium balloon,
hydrogen balloon,
hot air balloon.
convection,
thermal draft,
thermal.
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Roget 325:
elasticity,
springiness,
spring,
resilience,
renitency,
buoyancy.
rubber,
India rubber,
Indian rubber,
latex,
caoutchouc,
whalebone,
gum elastic,
baleen,
natural rubber;
neoprene,
synthetic rubber,
Buna-S,
plastic.
flexibility,
Young's modulus.
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Nederlands: drijfvermogen, opwaartse kracht
2 buoyancy
The property of something weightless and insubstantial.
synoniem: airiness.
Pools: zwiewność, powiewność
3 buoyancy
The tendency to float in water or other liquid.
Nederlands: drijfvermogen
Pools: pływalność
4 buoyancy
Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit:
— I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor.
synoniem: irrepressibility.
Nederlands: incasseringsvermogen
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