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float
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float

In programming, a declaration of a floating point number.


float
1. Angling an indicator attached to a baited line that sits on the water and moves when a fish bites
2. Chiefly US any buoyant object, such as a platform or inflated tube, used offshore by swimmers or, when moored alongside a pier, as a dock by vessels
3. a blade of a paddle wheel
4. Brit a buoyant garment or device to aid a person in staying afloat
5. a hollow watertight structure fitted to the underside of an aircraft to allow it to land on water
6. another name for air bladder
7. a motor vehicle used to carry a tableau or exhibit in a parade, esp a civic parade
8. a small delivery vehicle, esp one powered by batteries
9. Austral and NZ a vehicle for transporting horses
10. a sum of money used by shopkeepers to provide change at the start of the day's business, this sum being subtracted from the total at the end of the day when calculating the day's takings
11. Engineering a hollow cylindrical structure in a carburettor that actuates the fuel valve
12. (in textiles) a single thread brought to or above the surface of a woven fabric, esp to form a pattern
13. Forestry a measure of timber equal to eighteen loads


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