Float
Float may refer to:
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Common usage
- Lowboy (trailer), called a float in Eastern Canada usage
- Float (parade)
Arts and entertainment
- Float (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary
- Float (2019 film), a 2019 American animated short film produced by Pixar
- Float (2023 film), a 2023 drama film directed by Sherren Lee
- Float (b-boy move), a balance-intensive breakdance move
Albums
- Float (Aesop Rock album), 2000
- Float (Flogging Molly album), 2008
- Float (Styles P album), 2013
Songs
- "Float" (Tim and the Glory Boys song), 2022
- "Float", by Bush from Golden State, 2001
- "Float", by Eden from Vertigo, 2018
- "Float", by Janelle Monáe from The Age of Pleasure, 2023
- "Float", by The Music from The Music, 2002
- "Float", by RAH Band from Mystery
- "Float", by Russell Dickerson from Yours, 2017
Beverages
- Float, an ice cream soda
- Floats (drink), line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda
- Float (bartending technique), the layering of liquid or ingredients on the top of a drink
Computing
- Float (computing)
- Float, a Cascading Style Sheets attribute
- Float, a single precision binary computer number format
Finance and economics
- Float (money supply)
- Float, the act of moving a currency to a floating exchange rate
- Cash float, the money in a cash register needed at the beginning of a business day in order to give change to customers
- Public float, the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares
- Stock market float, an initial public offering (IPO), particularly in British English
- Insurance float, investable funds collected from premiums but not paid out in claims
Fishing-related
- Fishing float, a bite indicator used in angling
- Fishing net float, small floats attached along one side of the net so that it hangs vertically in the water
- Glass float, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines afloat
Science
- Float (oceanography), an oceanographic instrument platform
- Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged
- Float (geology) is a rock fragment that is not directly connected to an underlying or nearby outcrop or formation.[1]
Tools
- Float (liquid level), a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing
- Float (woodworking), a tool used to cut, flatten and/or smooth wood via abrasion
- Concrete float, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces
- Float, a rasp-like tool sporting sharp cutting teeth, sometimes used on horse teeth
Vehicles
- Float (horse-drawn), a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed
- Float (nautical), an external, buoyant section of a water vessel (such as a pontoon boat or floatplane)
- Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or moving platform, could be animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
- Float shifting or "floating gears", the practice of shifting gears on a manual transmission without using the clutch
- Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk
- Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine
Other uses
- Float (project management), a time-management device
- Float railway station, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Swimming float or pool float, a device used to aid swimmers with buoyancy
- Float, an animal name for a group of crocodiles
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