Word Definition

Buoyant

  1. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
  2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.
  3. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.

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