Float

Float may refer to: A group of crocodiles in one place all together. This includes hunting and fighting.

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums

• Float (Aesop Rock album), 2000
• Float (Flogging Molly album), 2008
• Float (Styles P album), 2013

Songs

• "Float", a song by RAH Band from the album Mystery
• "Float", a song from the album The Music by the band of the same name
• "Float", a song by Bush from their 2001 album Golden State
• "float," a song by EDEN from his 2018 album vertigo

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Float (b-boy move), a balance-intensive breakdance move
• Float (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary
• Float, a 2019 American animated short film produced by Pixar

Beverages

• Float, an ice cream soda
• Floats (drink), line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda

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 trading period 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

Marine and fishing-related

• Float (nautical), one of usually multiple air-filled structures giving buoyancy to a pontoon boat, floatplane, seaplane, etc.
• 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
• Profiling float

Science

• Float, a term used in archaeology, geology, and paleontology to describe artifacts, fossils, or rocks found in soil or on the surface away from any original context
• Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged

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 or horse float, also known as a horse trailer
• 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 (bartending technique), the layering of liquid or ingredients on the top of a drink, to form a "layered drink"
• Float (project management), a time-management device
• Float railway station, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland
• Swimming float, commonly known as pool float, a device used to aid swimmers with buoyancy

See also

• Buoyancy
• Floating (disambiguation)
• Flotation (disambiguation)