Float may refer to:

Common usage

* Lowboy (trailer), 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 ''The Age of Pleasure'' is the fourth studio album by American musician Janelle Monáe. It was released on June 9, 2023, through Atlantic Records, being the singer's first studio album in over five years, since ''Dirty Computer'' (2018). The albu ...

'', 2023 * "Float", by The Music from '' The Music'', 2002 * "Float", by RAH Band from '' 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 binary computer number format

Finance and economics

* Float (money supply) * 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 (IPO), particularly in British English * Insurance 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, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines afloat

Science

Float (oceanography) A float (not to be confused with a ''drifter'') is an oceanographic instrument platform used for making subsurface measurements in the ocean without the need for a ship, propeller, or a person operating it. Floats measure the physical and chemi ...

, an oceanographic instrument platform * Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged

Tools

* Float (liquid level), a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing * Float (woodworking), 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), 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 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 or pool float, a device used to aid swimmers with buoyancy * Float, an animal name for a group of crocodiles