浮力

fúlì

noun HSK 7-9 #30,621

Meanings

1 buoyancy
2 buoyant force

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

木头能浮在水上是因为浮力。

Mùtou néng fú zài shuǐshàng shì yīnwèi fúlì.

Wood floats on water because of buoyancy.

HSK 6

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