Associations to the word «Flotation»

Wiktionary

FLOTATION, noun. A state of floating, or being afloat.
FLOTATION, noun. (mining) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
FLOTATION, noun. (British) (finance) The launching onto the market of a tranch of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
FLOTATION COST, noun. (British) (finance) The selling cost or distribution cost of issuing new securities.
FLOTATION TANK, noun. Isolation tank
FLOTATION THERAPY, noun. A form of therapy that involves floating in a tank of warm salt water.

Dictionary definition

FLOTATION, noun. The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking).
FLOTATION, noun. Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King