Float

Public float
Public float
The float of a company whose stock is publicly traded has different default meanings depending on the presumed context.Without a qualifier it may refer to the entire market capitalization of the company or only its publicly traded equity....

, the free float of a public company is an estimate of number of shares of a stock held in public hands
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
Glass float
Glass floats, glass fishing floats, or Japanese glass fishing floats are popular collectors’ items. They were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines afloat....

, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines afloat
Float (liquid level)
Float (liquid level)
Liquid level floats, also known as float balls, are spherical, cylindrical, oblong or similarly-shaped objects, made from either rigid or flexible material, that are buoyant in water and other liquids. They are non-electrical hardware frequently used as visual sight-indicators for surface...

, a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing
Float (money supply)
Float (money supply)
In economics, float is duplicate money present in the banking system during the time between a deposit being made in the recipient's account and the money being deducted from the sender's account. It makes up the smallest part of the money supply....

, duplicate money present in the banking system during an electronic transaction
Float (parade)
Float (parade)
A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Key West Fantasy Fest parade, the...

, a decorated vehicle or platform, animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
Float (project management)
Float (project management)
In project management, float or slack is the amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to:* subsequent tasks * project completion date...

, project time management device
Float (nautical), the air filled structures on a pontoon boat or floatplane
Float (horse-drawn)
Float (horse-drawn)
A float is a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a dropped axle to give an especially low loadbed.They were intended for carrying heavy or unstable items such as milk churns. The name survives today in that of the milkfloat....

, a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed.
Float, also known as ice cream soda
Ice cream soda
An ice cream soda or float , coke float , or spider , is a beverage that consists of one or more scoops of ice cream in either a soft drink or in a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water.-Origins:The ice cream soda was invented by Robert M...
Float or horse float, also known as horse trailer
Horse trailer
A horse trailer or horse van is used to transport horses...
Float, a Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...

attribute
Float, a single precision binary floating-point computer numbering format
Concrete float
Concrete float
A concrete float is a tool used to finish a concrete surface by making it smooth. A float is used after the surface has been made level using a screed...

, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces
Float, a rasp-like tool having a series of sharp cutting teeth
Planemaker's float
Planemaker's Float
A woodworking float, also called a planemaker's float, is a traditional woodworking tool generally used when making a wooden plane. The float is used to cut, flatten, and smooth key areas of wood by abrasion. Despite the name its woodworking uses go well beyond planemaking.Floats are similar to...
Equine dental float, a short float with a long handle, used on horse teeth
Horse teeth
Horses' teeth are often used to estimate the animal's age, hence the sayings "long in the tooth", "straight from the horse's mouth" and "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth".- Types of teeth :At five years of age a horse has between 36 and 44 teeth...
Float, a term used in paleontology
Paleontology
Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...

to describe bits of fossil bone with no scientific value

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Float (Aesop Rock album), a 2000 album by rapper Aesop Rock
Float (breakdance move), a balance-intensive breakdance move
Float (Flogging Molly album)
Float (Flogging Molly album)
Float is the fourth studio album by the Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly. It was released on March 4, 2008, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling about 48,000 copies in its first week It also reached number one on the Billboard Independent Chart and number two...

, a 2008 album by Irish American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish-descendant band from Los Angeles, California, that is currently signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records.-Early years:...
"Float", a song from the album The Music
The Music (album)
The Music is the eponymous debut album by British rock band The Music, first released in September 2002.-Track listing:*All tracks written by The Music.#"The Dance" – 5:08#"Take the Long Road and Walk It" – 4:53#"Human" – 5:28...

by the band of the same name
"Float", is also a song by the British rock band Bush from their 2001 album Golden State
Golden State (album)
Golden State is the fourth studio album by British post-grunge band Bush, released in 2001. Stylistically, it was seen as a return to the post-grunge that Bush became famous for in contrast to their more recent experimental work. However, it ended up being their worst-selling album to date, not...

Floating

Floating point
Floating point
In computing, floating point describes a method of representing real numbers in a way that can support a wide range of values. Numbers are, in general, represented approximately to a fixed number of significant digits and scaled using an exponent. The base for the scaling is normally 2, 10 or 16...

, a representation in computing of rational numbers, most commonly associated with the IEEE 754 standard
Floating currency, a market-valued currency
Floating, being electrically disconnected from an electronic power source, for example a floating-gate transistor; non-connected to any circuit, for example floating potential acquired by a floating electrode in electrochemistry (e.g., see Langmuir probe#Floating potential)
Floating, a type of dental work performed on horse teeth
Horse teeth
Horses' teeth are often used to estimate the animal's age, hence the sayings "long in the tooth", "straight from the horse's mouth" and "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth".- Types of teeth :At five years of age a horse has between 36 and 44 teeth...
Float voltage
Float voltage
Float voltage is the constant voltage that is applied continuously to a voltaic cell to maintain the cell in a fully charged condition. The appropriate float voltage varies significantly with the chemistry and construction of the battery, and ambient temperature...

, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged
Floating, making use of an isolation tank
Isolation tank
An isolation tank is a lightless, soundproof tank inside which subjects float in salt water at skin temperature. They were first used by John C. Lilly in 1954 to test the effects of sensory deprivation. Such tanks are now also used for meditation and relaxation and in alternative medicine. The...
Floating, the guitar technique of sustaining a chord rather than scratching, also called damping
Floating (dance)
Floating (dance)
Floating, gliding or sliding refers to a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques and styles closely related to popping, which attempt to create the illusion that the dancer's body is floating smoothly across the floor or that the legs are walking while the body travels in unexpected directions....

, a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques closely related to popping
Floating (play)
Floating (play)
Floating is the name of a stage production created and performed by "emerging Welsh performance artist" Hugh Hughes, in collaboration with British touring theatre company Hoipolloi....

, by Hugh Hughes
Floating (psychological phenomenon)
Floating (psychological phenomenon)
Floating, in a psychological context, means slipping into altered states of mind. People who leave a cult or sect that emphasizes chanting, meditation, monotonous singing etc. in order to reach a trance-like state often experience momentarily slipping back into such a state...

, slipping into altered states
Subspace (BDSM)
Subspace (BDSM)
Subspace , in the context of a BDSM scene, is a psychological state that can sometimes be entered by the person bottoming in the scene. The term is unrelated to the mathematical term subspace....

, the psychological state of the submissive partner in a BDSM scene

Music

Floating (album), the third album by the German progressive rock band Eloy
Floating (Smog EP)
Floating (Smog EP)
Floating is Smog's first EP, released on Drag City in 1991. "Red Apples" is an early version of the better known Red Apple Falls-Track of the same name from 1997. "Floating" and "Hole in the Heart" later appeared on Smog's rarities compilation Accumulation: None.-Track...

, 1991
Floating (The Moody Blues song)
Floating (The Moody Blues song)
"Floating" is a song on The Moody Blues' November 1969 album To Our Children's Children's Children, a concept album about space travel dedicated to NASA and the Apollo 11 astronauts. Written by band flautist Ray Thomas, "Floating" is a jaunty, semi-children's song about a future in which advances...
Floating (Megan Rochell song)
Floating (Jape song)
Floating (Jape song)
"Floating" is a 2004 single by the Irish band Jape, taken from the second studio album, The Monkeys in the Zoo Have More Fun Than Me and described as "Jape's trademark song". Co-produced by David Kitt, the single was the first release from the album and was generally viewed by critics as the...

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