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Float may refer to: A group of crocodiles in one place all together. This includes hunting and fighting.
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
Music[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Float (Aesop Rock album), 2000
- Float (Flogging Molly album), 2008
- Float (Styles P album), 2013
Songs[edit]
- "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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Float, an ice cream soda
- Floats (drink), line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda
Computing[edit]
- Float (computing)
- Float, a Cascading Style Sheets attribute
- Float, a single precision binary computer number format
Finance and economics[edit]
- 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
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- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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