Floater (disambiguation)

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A floater is a shadow-like shape that appears singly or together with several others in the field of vision of some individuals.

Floater may also mean:

  • Floater (band), a band based in Portland, Oregon
  • Floater (alien), a race of enemy aliens in the X-COM computer game UFO Defense
  • Floating rate note, in finance, a floating-rate bond, or a bond whose coupon rates are reset periodically according to a specified benchmark (e.g. LIBOR)
  • A type of insurance policy that covers property at one or more locations, often in transit.
  • Also a term for an company employee without a permanent assigned location, who travels from branch to branch and fills in where he or she is needed. Frequently found in banks.
  • The Floaters, an R&B singing group of the 1970s
  • Floaters (Web series) an internet-only sitcom series launched in 2006
  • Floater, a skill that can be used in the video game Lemmings
  • Floater, an object that floats on a liquid surface due to Archimedes' principle; sometimes used in reference to a corpse found in a body of water or a turd left in an unflushed toilet.
  • Floater, a term used in some universities to describe a course that can be taken outside the degree requirement and does not have to be related with the degree which is pursued by the student.(e.g.: a language for students of economics)
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