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set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco (同)plasterer''s float
an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
something that floats on the surface of water
be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" (同)drift, be adrift, blow
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (同)swim
allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
put into the water; "float a ship"
a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
a separate and self-contained entity
an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldnt tell what the thing was"
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
look at (同)eyeball
a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldnt go through the eye"
the organ of sight (同)oculus, optic
attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye"
good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artists eye"
a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location (同)floating policy
a swimmer who floats in the water
a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
an object that floats or is capable of floating

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(液体・気体に)『浮く』,浮かぶ / 《副詞[句]を伴って》漂うように移動する;ふわふわと動く / (眼前・心に)浮かぶ;〈うわさなどが〉広まる / 〈為替相場が〉変動する / 《副詞[句]を伴って》(水中・空中に)…‘を'『浮かせる』,漂わせる / 〈会社・計画など〉‘を'起こす;〈債券〉‘を'発行する / 〈為替〉‘を'変動相場制にする / 浮くもの(釣りのうき,いかだ,浮標,浮き袋,救命具など) / (パレードなどの)山車(だし),台車 / フロート(アイスクリームを浮かせた軽い飲みもの)
〈C〉(形のある)『物』,物体;(生物に対しての)『無生物』 / 〈C〉(形のない)『もの』,事,事柄,でき事 / 《複数形で》事情,事態,状勢,状況 / 《複数形で》(すべての)事物,事柄 / 《通例 the~》(努力・活動などの)目的,目標 / 〈C〉衣服,衣類・《one's things》持ち物,所持品,身の回り品 / 《複数形で》道具,用具・〈C〉《親愛・哀れみ・軽べつなどの感情をこめて》人,者,やつ / 《the~》《話》(…の)流行《+in+名》
〈C〉(人・動物の器官としての)『目』 / 〈C〉(まぶた・まつ毛・まゆ毛などを含めて,外側からみえる)『目』,目の周り / 〈C〉(目の)虹彩 / 〈C〉『視力』,視覚 / 〈C〉《単数形で》『視線』,まなざし / 〈C〉《しばしば複数形で》警戒(観察,監視)の目 / 〈C〉《通例単数形で》(…に対する)鑑識眼,物を見る目,(…を)見分ける力《+『for』+『名』》 / 〈C〉《しばしば複数形で》物の見方;観点 / 〈C〉目に似たようなもの(じゃがいもの芽・クジャクの羽の眼状の点など) / 〈C〉針の目,めど / 〈C〉(かぎ・ホックの)受け / 〈C〉台風の目 / (好奇・疑いなどの目で)…‘を'じろじろ見る,注意して見る
《場所・位置》…『の前に』,を前にして / 《時》…『より前に』(earlier than…) / (裁判・審理などのために)…の前に / …の前途に,に用意されて,を待って / (困難・不利など)に直面して / (力・勢いなど)に追われて,押されて,攻撃されて / 《順序・階級・価値など》…『よりまさって』,に優先して,より重要で / 《優先》…よりむしろ,するくらいなら(rather than) / 《場所・位置》『前へ』(『に』),前方へ(に),先へ(に) / 《時》『以前に』,すでに(already);今までに,その時までに / (予定より)早く,前に / 《時》…する前に,しないうちに / 《優先》…するより[むしろ],…するくらいなら(rather than)
浮くもの(人);(住所,職などを)転々と変える人;浮動投票者

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Hinged Capsulotomy - Does it Decrease Floaters After Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser Capsulotomy?

Alipour F1, Jabbarvand M1, Hashemian H1, Hosseini S1, Khodaparast M1.
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Objective assessment of symptomatic vitreous floaters using optical coherence tomography: a case report.

Kennelly KP1, Morgan JP2, Keegan DJ3, Connell PP4.
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Valsalva retinopathy and branch retinal artery occlusion after cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation.

Kim JH1, Hyun SY1, Chae JB2, Kim SM3.
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