flotation+chamber

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• flotation — flo|ta|tion [fləuˈteıʃən US flou ] n [U and C] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: FLOAT1] 1.) a time when ↑shares in a company are made available for people to buy for the first time ▪ The company has decided to postpone its flotation on the stock market… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• flotation — noun (C, U) 1 the act of offering shares (share2 (6) in a company to the public for the first time: a massive flotation of government bonds 2 flotation chamber/compartment etc a container filled with air or gas, fixed to something to make it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …   Universalium

• Boyd's Automatic tide signalling apparatus — The automatic tide signalling apparatus at Irvine harbour in North Ayrshire, Scotland, is probably unique, having been invented and patented by Martin Boyd, the Irvine harbourmaster, in 1905 and opened in 1906.McEwan, Mae (1985). The Harbour… …   Wikipedia

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