"buoyancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ [UK, US] Audio: en-au-buoyancy.ogg [Australia] Forms: buoyancy [singular], [plural]
Etymology: buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|buoyant|cy}} buoyant + -cy, {{ety-suffix|buoy|ancy}} buoy + -ancy Head templates: {{noun|buoyancy|none}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Buoyancy is the force pushing up on a body in a fluid.
    Sense id: simple-buoyancy-en-noun-nBhEPSYB Categories (other): Physics
  2. resilience or cheerfulness.
    Sense id: simple-buoyancy-en-noun-9DbA9sYb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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