Float

Float may refer to:

Common usage

• Lowboy (trailer), called a float in Eastern Canada usage
• Float (parade)

Arts and entertainment

• Float (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary
• Float (2019 film), a 2019 American animated short film produced by Pixar
• Float (2023 film), a 2023 drama film directed by Sherren Lee
• Float (b-boy move), a balance-intensive breakdance move

Music

Albums

• Float (Aesop Rock album) or the title song, 2000
• Float (Flogging Molly album) or the title song, 2008
• Float (K Camp album), 2021
• Float (Styles P album), 2013

Songs

• "Float" (song), by Tim and the Glory Boys, 2022
• "Float", by 6lack from 6pc Hot EP, 2020
• "Float", by Bush from Golden State, 2001
• "Float", by Eden from Vertigo, 2018
• "Float", by Janelle Monáe from The Age of Pleasure, 2023
• "Float", by Love Battery from Far Gone, 1993
• "Float", by the Music from The Music, 2002
• "Float", by Pacific Air from Long Live Koko, 2012
• "Float", by RAH Band from Mystery, 1985
• "Float", by Robin Schulz from IIII, 2021
• "Float", by Russell Dickerson from Yours, 2017

Beverages

• Ice cream float, a beverage combining a soft drink and ice cream
• Float (bartending technique), layering of different-coloured liquid beverages

Computing

• Float (computing)
• Float, a Cascading Style Sheets attribute
• Float, a single precision binary computer number format

Finance and economics

• Float (money supply)
• Floating exchange rate
• Public float, portion of shares publicly owned
• Floating an initial public offering (IPO) of shares
• Insurance float, available reserve

Fishing-related

• Fishing float, a bite indicator
• Fishing net float, attached to a net
• Glass float, to keep fishing nets afloat

Science

• Float (oceanography), an oceanographic instrument platform
• Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged
• Float or a floater, a piece of rock transported away from original outcrop

Tools

• Float (liquid level), a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing
• Float (woodworking), a tool used to cut, flatten and/or smooth wood via abrasion
• Concrete float, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces
• Float, a rasp-like tool sporting sharp cutting teeth, sometimes used on horse teeth

Vehicles

• Float (horse-drawn), a type of cart
• Float (nautical), a buoyant part to keep something afloat
• Float (parade), a decorated vehicle
• Float shifting or "floating gears", shifting gears without using the clutch
• Milk float, battery milk-delivery vehicle
• Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine

Other uses

• Float (project management), a time-management device
• Former Float railway station, County Westmeath, Ireland
• Swimming float or pool float, to aid swimmers
• Float, a group of crocodiles, an animal name

See also

• Buoyancy
• Floating (disambiguation)
• Flotation (disambiguation)