Floating may refer to:
* a type of dental work performed on
horse teeth
* use of an
isolation tank
* the
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...
-playing technique where chords are sustained rather than scratched
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''Floating'' (play), by Hugh Hughes
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Floating (psychological phenomenon), slipping into altered states
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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 ma ...
, a market-valued currency
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Floating voltage, and
floating ground Most electrical circuits have a ground which is electrically connected to the Earth, hence the name "ground". The ground is said to be ''floating'' when this connection does not exist.
Conductors are also described as having a floating voltage if ...
, a voltage or ground in an electric circuit that is not connected to the Earth or another reference voltage
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Floating point
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 ...
, a representation in computing of rational numbers most commonly associated with the IEEE 754 standard
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''Floating'' (film), a 1997 American drama film
Albums and songs
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''Floating'' (Eloy album) (1974)
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''Floating'' (Ketil Bjørnstad album) (2005)
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''Floating'' (EP), a 1991 EP by Bill Callahan
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"Floating" (The Moody Blues song) (1969)
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"Floating" (Megan Rochell song) (2006)
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"Floating" (Jape song) (2004)
* "Floating", a song by Jolin Tsai from the 2000 album ''
Don't Stop''
* "Floatin", a 2018 song by
Uncle Kracker
* "Floating", a song by Schoolboy Q featuring 21 Savage from the 2019 album ''
Crash Talk''
See also
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Float (disambiguation)
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Flotation (disambiguation)
Flotation (also spelled floatation) involves phenomena related to the relative buoyancy of objects.
The term may also refer to:
*Flotation (archaeology), a method for recovering very small artefacts from excavated sediments
*Flotation (shares), ...
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Buoyancy
Buoyancy (), or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus the ...
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