The act, process, or state of floating.

The science of floating bodies.

Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like.

Characteristic of a vehicle, by reason of large softly inflated tyres, not to sink on soft going such as mud or sand.

The introduction of a company's shares into the market.

The open sale of shares in a company ‘going public', rather than the issuing of shares in a private company start-up.

Also known increasingly as an Initial Public Offering or IPO a flotation is the listing of shares in a company on some public market such as the London Stock Exchange, AIM or OFEX.

To obtain a listing or IPO on a stock exchange (see paragraph 18, Section IV above).

chemical process as part of gold extraction from crusher ore

The process by which an issuer makes its securities available to the public usually for the first time

A method of screening (sieving) excavated matrix in water so as to separate and recover small ecofacts and artifacts.

chemical/physical separation process carried out in a water slurry.

The machine's ability to traverse soils or surfaces which have very little load-bearing capability.

A technique used to extract objects from soil by using churning water or other liquids to carry away the soil, leaving larger objects to be caught by a screen.

A method of obtaining seeds and other organic materials from soil by using liquids.