buoyancy

English

WOTD – 28 September 2011

Etymology

buoyant +‎ -cy or buoy +‎ -ancy.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/

Noun

buoyancy (countable and uncountable, plural buoyancies)

(physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.

Related terms

Translations

physics: upward force on an immersed body

Bulgarian: плаваемост f (plavaemost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮力 (zh) (fúlì)
Czech: vztlak m
Danish: opdrift c
Dutch: opwaartse kracht f, drijfvermogen (nl)
Finnish: noste (fi), nostovoima
French: poussée d'Archimède (fr) f, flottabilité (fr) f
Georgian: ამომგდები ძალა (amomgdebi ʒala), ამწევი ძალა (amc̣evi ʒala)
German: Auftrieb (de) m
Greek: άνωση (el) f (ánosi), άντωση (el) f (ántosi)
Hungarian: felhajtó erő

Irish: buacacht f
Latin: anosa f, antosa f, buoyancia f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppdrift m, f

Nynorsk: oppdrift f
Portuguese: impulsão (pt) f, empuxo
Russian: подъёмная си́ла (ru) f (podʺjómnaja síla), выталкивающая си́ла (vytalkivajuščaja síla)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: plovnost (sh) f
Spanish: sustentación hidráulica, impulso (es)
Swedish: flytkraft c
Thai: แรงลอยตัว (rɛɛng-lɔɔi-dtuua)

ability to stay afloat

Bulgarian: плаваемост f (plavaemost)
Dutch: drijfvermogen (nl) n
Finnish: kelluvuus
Georgian: ტივტივადობა (ṭivṭivadoba)
German: Schwimmfähigkeit f
Greek: πλευστότητα (el) f (plefstótita)

Ido: flotacemeso (io)
Irish: buacacht f
Russian: плавучесть (ru) f (plavučestʹ)
Spanish: flotabilidad f
Swedish: flytförmåga c
Ukrainian: пла́вність f (plávnistʹ)

resilience or cheerfulness

Dutch: vrolijkheid (nl) f, hilariteit (nl) f
Finnish: palautuvuus, hilpeys (fi)
German: Belastbarkeit f, Fröhlichkeit (de) f, Heiterkeit (de) f
Greek: ανάταση (el) f (anátasi)

Manx: so-lhoobaght f
Russian: жизнерадостность (ru) f (žizneradostnostʹ), оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm), позити́вный настро́й (pozitívnyj nastrój)
Spanish: optimismo (es)

See also

Archimedes' principle

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