Float

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Float may refer to:

• Float (bartending technique)
• Float (liquid level), a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing
• Float (project management), a time-management device
• Float (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary
• Float (woodworking), a tool used to cut, flatten and/or smooth wood via abrasion

• Float railway station, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland
• Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged

• Concrete float, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces
• Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine

• an ice cream soda
• a term used in geology, paleontology, and archaeology to describe rocks, fossils, or artifacts found in soil or on the surface away from any original context
• a rasp-like tool sporting sharp cutting teeth
  • as used on horse teeth

Finance and economics

• Float (money supply)
• Public float, the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares.
• An initial public offering (IPO) can be referred to as a stock market float, particularly in British English.
• A cash float is the money in a cash register needed at the beginning of a trading period in order to give change to customers.

Computing

• Float (computing)
• a single precision binary computer number format
• a Cascading Style Sheets attribute

Marine and fishing-related

• 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

Vehicles

• Float (horse-drawn), a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed
• Float or horse float, also known as horse trailer
• Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or moving platform, could be animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
• Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk

Music and dance

• Float (Aesop Rock album), 2000
• Float (Styles P album), 2013
• Float (b-boy move), a balance-intensive breakdance move
• Float (Flogging Molly album), 2008
• "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

See also

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