Float
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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 MonĂ¡e 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
- Float, an ice cream soda
 - Floats (drink), line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda
 - Float (bartending technique), the layering of liquid or ingredients on the top of a drink
 
Computing
- Float (computing)
 - Float, a Cascading Style Sheets attribute
 - Float, a single precision binary computer number format
 
Finance and economics
- Float (money supply)
 - Float, the act of moving a currency to a floating exchange rate
 - Cash float, the money in a cash register needed at the beginning of a business day in order to give change to customers
 - Public float, the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares
 - Stock market float, an initial public offering (IPO), particularly in British English
 - Insurance float, investable funds collected from premiums but not paid out in claims
 
Fishing-related
- Fishing float, a bite indicator used in angling
 - Fishing net float, small floats attached along one side of the net so that it hangs vertically in the water
 - Glass float, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines 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 form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed
 - Float (nautical), an external, buoyant section of a water vessel (such as a pontoon boat or a floatplane)
 - Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or moving platform, could be animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
 - Float shifting or "floating gears", the practice of shifting gears on a manual transmission without using the clutch
 - Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk
 - Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine
 
Other uses
- Float (project management), a time-management device
 - Float railway station, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland
 - Swimming float or pool float, a device used to aid swimmers with buoyancy
 - Float, an animal name for a group of crocodiles