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 <!--self-referential?: floating-point--> 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 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)