HOW TO PRONOUNCE
buoyancy
/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/
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BOY-un-see: begin with “boy.”
The middle vowel is a light uh, and the final c sounds like s. Keep the main stress on the first syllable.
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“The class tested the buoyancy of several small objects.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does buoyancy mean?
noun
- The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
- (figuratively) Resilience or cheerfulness.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Enclosed within this structure are a number of gas chambers or bags filled with hydrogen, which provide the necessary buoyancy.
The swifter craft are seldom equipped with large buoyancy tanks, since the added bulk of them tends to reduce a vessel’s speed.
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Godard considered it, from the difficulty of maintaining within it the necessary degree of buoyancy, far inferior to the gas inflated balloon.
They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.
In the early stages, this formation consisted of loose, blade-like crystals, previously floating freely below the surface and rising by their own buoyancy.