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buoyancy

[boi-uhn-see, boo-yuhn-see] / ˈbɔɪ ən si, ˈbu jən si /
NOUN
tendency to float
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Buoyancy and the touch of water on skin are magic, he said, but there’s science involved too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

The spacesuits will undergo further testing at Nasa's Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Lab over the next year, before Artemis III launches in 2024.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

Rathjen recently spoke with Salon via Zoom about "Buoyancy."

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2020

No amount of underwater spacewalk training in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab can prepare you for these temperature shifts, he adds.

From National Geographic • Nov. 5, 2015

Buoyancy was provided for by having several tanks for the introduction of compressed air, and there was an emergency arrangement so that a collapsible aluminum container could be distended and filled with a powerful gas.

From Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]




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