The action of floating in a liquid or the ability to float.
The floatation of the boat was ensured by its well-designed hull.
The process of offering a company's shares for sale on the stock market for the first time.
The company's floatation on the stock exchange was a major financial event.
A mineral-processing technique in which different materials are separated by inducing some to float and others to sink in a liquid, especially froth floatation.
Copper ore is commonly concentrated by floatation before smelting.