Buoyancy Word Search
This Buoyancy word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the terms and ideas of a school subject. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: BUOYANCY, DENSITY, DISPLACE, FLUID, VOLUME, MASS, WEIGHT, FORCE, UPTHRUST, ARCHIMEDES, PRESSURE, FLOAT.
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Buoyancy word list, defined
- BUOYANCY /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ · noun
- The ability or tendency of an object to float in a liquid or rise in a gas, resulting from the upward pressure exerted by the fluid. More broadly, a cheerful and resilient quality of mood or spirit. Related: floatability, buoyance, lightness, cheerfulness.
- DENSITY /ˈdɛnsɪti/ · noun
- The degree of compactness of a substance, defined as its mass per unit volume. More broadly, the quantity of people, things, or phenomena within a given area or space. Related: concentration, compactness, thickness, closeness.
- DISPLACE /dɪsˈpleɪs/ · verb
- To force something or someone out of its usual or original place, position, or role; to move from its proper or customary location. It can also mean to replace or supersede something, as when a new technology displaces an older one. Related: dislodge, relocate, evict, uproot.
- FLUID /ˈfluː.ɪd/ · noun, adjective
- A substance, such as a liquid or gas, that flows and has no fixed shape, conforming to the outline of its container. As an adjective, it describes something smooth, graceful in movement, or subject to change and not fixed. Related: liquid, flux, flowing, fluent.
- VOLUME /ˈvɒljuːm/ (British), /ˈvɑːljuːm/ (US) · noun; verb
- Volume is the amount or extent of space occupied or contained by something, or the amount of something considered as a whole. It also refers to the loudness of a sound and, in publishing, to a book or a collection of books forming part of a set. Related: amount, capacity, size, loudness.
- MASS /mæs/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A mass is a large amount, collection, or body of something. In physics, mass is the quantity of matter in an object; the word can also refer to a large gathering or a religious service. Related: amount, quantity, body, bulk.
- WEIGHT /weɪt/ · noun, verb
- Weight is the amount of heaviness an object or person has, especially as measured by mass or gravitational force. It can also mean importance, influence, or the act of assigning importance to something, as well as the process of measuring heaviness or applying pressure. Related: heaviness, burden, importance, influence.
- FORCE /fɔːrs/ · noun
- Physical strength, energy, or power exerted on an object or person; also, coercion or compulsion, or an organized body such as a police or military force. Related: power, strength, might, energy.
- UPTHRUST /ˈʌpθrʌst/ · noun and verb
- An upward displacement of rock, especially the Earth's crust, caused by compressional forces; more generally, an upward push or thrust. As a verb, it means to push or thrust upward. Related: upward thrust, upward push, uplift, heave.
- PRESSURE /ˈprɛʃər/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, pressure is the force exerted on a surface, divided by the area over which it acts; it can also mean urgent demands, stressful circumstances, or persuasive or coercive influence. As a verb, to pressure someone means to use persistent persuasion, insistence, or other influence to get them to act. Related: strain, stress, coercion, urgency.
- FLOAT /fləʊt/ · verb, noun
- To rest or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking, or to drift slowly through air or space; as a noun, it denotes an object designed to buoy something up, or (in British usage) a serving of ice cream in fizzy drink. Related: drift, buoy, hover, sail.
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