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floating | x |

As an adjective floating

is that which floats or float.

As a verb floating

is .

As a noun floating

is (in the plural) material that floats in a liquid.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

floating

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That which floats or float.
    • floating buoys
  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
    • The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
    In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.
    You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.
  • (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

    • Derived terms

    * floating point, floating-point * floating voter

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
  • * 1898 , Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
    • Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings .

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----