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buoyant collapse: characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"; tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

triangulation collapse: a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated; a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation

outcrop collapse: the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land; appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped"

galloping collapse: that are running rapidly; "surrounded by galloping horses"

winged collapse: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"; having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";

wigwag collapse: signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code; send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code

Mayday collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

dawn collapse: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"; the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"; an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"; become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"; appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"

come to light collapse: be revealed or disclosed; "The truth finally came to light"

transference collapse: (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst

buoy collapse: bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; mark with a buoy; keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"; float on the surface of water

sale collapse: a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"; the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"; an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"; an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer); "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"; the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

holder collapse: a holding device; "a towel holder"; the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"

osmosis collapse: diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal

light year collapse: the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers

popularize collapse: make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"; cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

brightness collapse: the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white; intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

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