浮力

fúlì

noun HSK 7 #30,621

Meanings

1 buoyancy
2 buoyant force

Characters

Examples

木头能浮在水上是因为浮力。

Mùtou néng fú zài shuǐ shàng shì yīnwèi fúlì.

Wood floats on water because of buoyancy.

浮力的大小和物体排开水的体积有关。

Fúlì de dàxiǎo hé wùtǐ páikāi shuǐ de tǐjī yǒuguān.

The magnitude of buoyancy is related to the volume of water displaced by the object.

Tips

memory

Float (浮) + force (力) = the force that makes things float — buoyancy.

Stroke Order

浮 fú

力 lì