Float may refer to:

Common usage

Lowboy (trailer) A lowboy (low-loader in British English, low-bed in western Canada and South Africa or float in Australia and eastern Canada) is a semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels. This all ...

, called a float in Eastern Canada usage * Float (parade)

Arts and entertainment

* ''Float'' (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary * ''Float'' (2019 film), a 2019 American animated short film produced by Pixar * ''Float'' (2023 film), a 2023 drama film directed by Sherren Lee *

Float (b-boy move) The float (turtle) is a b-boying move originally coming from basic Gymnastics alongside variants specifically the Turtle. Though it appears to demand great strength, the float actually requires balance above all because the breaker's weight is su ...

, a balance-intensive breakdance move

Music

Albums

* ''Float'' (Aesop Rock album), 2000 * ''Float'' (Flogging Molly album), 2008 * ''Float'' (Styles P album), 2013

Songs

* "Float" (Tim and the Glory Boys song), 2022 * "Float", by Bush from '' Golden State'', 2001 * "Float", by Eden from '' Vertigo'', 2018 * "Float", by Janelle Monáe from '' The Age of Pleasure'', 2023 * "Float", by The Music from '' The Music'', 2002 * "Float", by RAH Band from ''

Mystery Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange'' Films * ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film * ''Mystery'' ( ...

'' * "Float", by Russell Dickerson from '' Yours'', 2017

Beverages

* Float, an

ice cream soda An ice cream float or ice cream soda (also known as a spider in Australia and New Zealand), is a chilled beverage that consists of ice cream in either a soft drink or a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water. When root beer and vanilla ic ...

Floats (drink) Floats were a beverage line introduced by the Dr Pepper Snapple in January 2008. Two flavors were available, A&W Float and Sunkist Float. The purpose of the concept was to mimic the flavor of an ice cream float of a given soda. Thus, the A&W fl ...

, line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda *

Float (bartending technique) Floating is a bartending technique where a liquor or ingredient is layered at the top of a drink. The cocktails or shots produced with this technique are known as either a Pousse-café or a layered drink. Although the amount of alcohol used in a ...

, the layering of liquid or ingredients on the top of a drink

Computing

Float (computing) In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents real numbers approximately, using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base. For example, 12.345 can be r ...

* Float, a

Cascading Style Sheets Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG, MathML or XHTML). CSS is a cornerstone techno ...

attribute * Float, a

single precision Single-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP32 or float32) is a computer number format, usually occupying 32 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point. A floating- ...

binary computer number format

Finance and economics

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 can be used as investable asset, but makes up t ...

* Float, the act of moving a currency to a

floating exchange rate In macroeconomics and economic policy, a floating exchange rate (also known as a fluctuating or flexible exchange rate) is a type of exchange rate regime in which a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate in response to foreign exchange mar ...

* Cash float, the money in a cash register needed at the beginning of a business day in order to give change to customers * Public float, the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares * Stock market float, an

initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment ...

(IPO), particularly in British English *

Insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

float, investable funds collected from premiums but not paid out in claims

Fishing-related

* Fishing float, a bite indicator used in angling *

Fishing net float A fishing net is a Net (device), net used for fishing. Nets are devices made from fibers woven in a grid-like structure. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example #Fyke nets, fyke nets. Fishing nets are usually meshes formed by ...

, small floats attached along one side of the net so that it hangs vertically in the water *

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. Large groups ...

, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines afloat

Science

* Float (oceanography), an oceanographic instrument platform *

Float voltage Float voltage is the voltage at which a battery is maintained after being fully charged to maintain that capacity by compensating for self-discharge of the battery. The voltage could be held constant for the entire duration of the cell's operation ( ...

, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged

Tools

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 us ...

, a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing *

Float (woodworking) A woodworking float (more rarely used in silversmithing), also called a planemaker's float, is a tapered, flat, single cut file of two types: ''edge float'' and the ''flat sided float'' which are traditional woodworking tools generally used when m ...

, a tool used to cut, flatten and/or smooth wood via abrasion * Concrete float, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces * Float, a rasp-like tool sporting sharp cutting teeth, sometimes used on horse teeth

Vehicles

* Float (horse-drawn), a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed *

Float (nautical) Floats (also called pontoons) are airtight hollow structures, similar to pressure vessels, designed to provide buoyancy in water. Their principal applications are in watercraft hulls, aircraft floats, floating pier, pontoon rhinos, pontoon c ...

, an external, buoyant section of a water vessel (such as a pontoon boat or floatplane) * Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or moving platform, could be animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade * Float shifting or "floating gears", the practice of shifting gears on a manual transmission without using the clutch *

Milk float A milk float is a vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk. Today, milk floats are usually battery electric vehicles (BEV), but they were formerly horse-drawn floats. They were once common in many European countries, ...

, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk * Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine

Other uses

* Float (project management), a time-management device *

Float railway station Float Railway Station was a former station on the Inny Junction to Cavan branch of the Midland Great Western Railway, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atl ...

, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland *

Swimming float A swimming float, commonly known as pool float or floaty, is a device used for toddlers or other very young children who are beginning to learn how to swim, or during exercise for therapeutic or training purposes. These devices, which come in many ...

or pool float, a device used to aid swimmers with buoyancy * Float, an animal name for a group of crocodiles