Glossary · term
Buoyancy
Waves & Fluids
- Aliases
- buoyant
- Domain
- Waves & Fluids
Definition
The upward push a fluid gives anything in it, equal to the weight of fluid displaced. Why a mineral weighs less in water than in air — and by exactly its own volume of water, which is how specific gravity is measured.
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