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floating ['fləʊtɪŋ](a) (on water) flottant∎ he has led a sort of floating existence il a mené une vie assez vagabonde;∎ there's a fairly large floating vote les indécis sont assez nombreux;∎ the floating vote will determine the outcome les voix des indécis détermineront le résultat2 noun(b) (of new company) lancement m, création f; (onto Stock Market) introduction f en Bourse; Finance (of loan, bonds, share issue) émission f, lancement m(d) (of new idea, plan) proposition f►► Accountancy floating assets actif m circulant;floating bridge pont m de bateaux ou de radeaux;Finance floating capital capital m circulant;Banking floating charge nantissement m général;floating crane ponton-grue m;Finance floating debt dette f flottante ou non consolidée;floating dock dock m flottant;Cookery floating islands île f flottante;Medicine floating kidney rein m flottant;floating off (of wrecked ship etc) renflouage m;Computing floating point virgule f flottante;floating population (within country) population f flottante;Finance floating rate taux m flottant;Anatomy floating rib côte f flottante;floating voter électeur(trice) m,f indécis(e);Computing floating window fenêtre f flottante -
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1 noun∎ he dug or he poked her in the ribs il lui a donné un petit coup de coude;∎ his ribs stick out on lui voit les côtes;∎ floating rib côte f flottante;∎ true/false rib vraie/fausse côte f;∎ familiar this soup will stick to your ribs! (is very thick) cette soupe vous tiendra bien au corps!∎ rib of beef côte f de bœuf(c) (of vault, leaf, aircraft or insect wing) nervure f; (of ship's hull) couple m, membre m; (of umbrella) baleine f∎ knit fifteen rows in rib tricotez quinze rangs en côtes(f) (vein of ore) veine f, filon m∎ Knitting rib for fifteen rows tricotez quinze rangs en côtes
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Floating rib — The four floating ribs (indicated with red arrows) … Wikipedia
Floating rib — One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be floating if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast bone) or to another rib. There are usually 12 pairs of ribs in all. Each pair of ribs is attached to the building blocks of the spine (the… … Medical dictionary
floating rib — noun : a rib not connected with the sternum or cartilages of other ribs ventrally, in man being the 11th and 12th on each side * * * ˌfloating ˈrib 7 [floating rib] (also ˌfalse ˈrib) noun … Useful english dictionary
floating rib — noun Date: 1831 a rib (as one of either of the last two pairs in humans) that has no attachment to the sternum compare false rib … New Collegiate Dictionary
floating rib — n. (Anatomy) rib that is not attached to the sternum (one of the last two ribs) … English contemporary dictionary
floating rib — float′ing rib′ n. anat. any member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, not attached to the sternum or the cartilages of other ribs … From formal English to slang
floating rib — /floʊtɪŋ ˈrɪb/ (say flohting rib) noun one of the two lowest pairs of ribs in humans, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs …
floating rib — Anat. one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs. [1825 35] * * * … Universalium
floating rib — noun any of the lower ribs which are not attached directly to the breastbone … English new terms dictionary
Rib — One of the 12 paired arches of bone which form the skeletal structure of the chest wall (the rib cage). The ribs attach to the building blocks of the spine (vertebrae) in the back. The 12 pairs of ribs consist of: True ribs: The first seven ribs… … Medical dictionary
rib — n. 1) to poke smb. in the ribs 2) a false; floating rib 3) (misc.) to break, fracture a rib * * * [rɪb] floating rib fracture a rib (misc.) to break a false to poke smb. in the ribs … Combinatory dictionary
