Float

Float may refer to:

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

Music

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.

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

See also

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