Flotation vs. Flotational — What's the Difference?

The action of floating in a liquid or gas

Pertaining to flotation.

The process of offering a company's shares for sale on the stock market for the first time.

The act, process, or condition of floating. Also called flotage.

The act or an instance of launching or initiating, especially the floating of stocks or bonds.

The capability, especially of a vehicle tread or tire, to remain on top of a soft surface, such as sand, wet ground, or snow.

The process of separating different materials, especially minerals, by agitating a pulverized mixture of the materials with water, oil, and chemicals. Differential wetting of the suspended particles causes unwetted particles to be carried by air bubbles to the surface for collection.

A state of floating, or being afloat.

The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.

A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.

The launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.

The act, process, or state of floating.

The science of floating bodies.

Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like.

The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)

Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares