Found 2 hits - Term: floating bridge, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
floating \float"ing\, a.
1. buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a
wreck; floating motes in the air.
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2. free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating
ribs in man and some other animals.
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3. not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,
floating capital; a floating debt.
1913 webster
trade was at an end. floating capital had been
withdrawn in great masses from the island.
--macaulay.
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floating anchor naut., a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.
floating battery mil., a battery erected on rafts or the
hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the
bombardment of a place.
floating bridge.
a a bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor
of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau
bridge. see bateau.
b mil. a kind of double bridge, the upper one
projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being
moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops
over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.
c a kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by
means of chains which are anchored on each side of a
stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels
being driven by stream power.
d the landing platform of a ferry dock.
floating cartilage med., a cartilage which moves freely
in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the
functions of the latter.
floating dam.
a an anchored dam.
b a caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.
floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor
use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor
improvements, etc.
floating dock. naut. see under dock.
floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored
and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships
riding at anchor to leeward. --knight.
floating heart bot., a small aquatic plant limnanthemum
lacunosum whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water
of american ponds.
floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard
with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.
floating kidney. med. see wandering kidney, under
wandering.
floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel
moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners
of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy
or floating stage.
floating liver. med. see wandering liver, under
wandering.
floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and
falls with the tide.
floating ribs anat., the lower or posterior ribs which
are not connected with the others in front; in man they
are the last two pairs.
floating screed plastering, a strip of plastering first
laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the
coat.
floating threads weaving, threads which span several
other threads without being interwoven with them, in a
woven fabric.
1913 webster
see also:
floating anchor floating battery floating bridge bateau floating cartilage floating dam
floating derrick floating dock dock floating harbor floating heart
limnanthemum lacunosum floating island floating kidney wandering kidney wandering
floating light floating liver wandering liver floating pier floating ribs
floating screed floating threads
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
floating bridge
n : a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons syn: pontoon
bridge, bateau bridge
see also:
pontoon bridge bateau bridge
Results 1 - 8 of 8 found about floating bridge: Bridge
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Bridge, definition of term: Bridge
bridge_pag1.html Floating
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Floating, definition of term: Floating
floating_pag1.html Floating Island
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Floating Island, definition of term: Floating Island
floating+island_pag1.html Floating Dock
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Floating Dock, definition of term: Floating Dock
floating+dock_pag1.html Bridge City
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Bridge City, definition of term: Bridge City
bridge+city_pag1.html Truss Bridge
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Truss Bridge, definition of term: Truss Bridge
truss+bridge_pag1.html Monkey Bridge
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Monkey Bridge, definition of term: Monkey Bridge
monkey+bridge_pag1.html Brooklyn Bridge
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Brooklyn Bridge, definition of term: Brooklyn Bridge
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