sinkability
Capacity to submerge
Sinkability is the capacity or tendency to sink.
The term appears in discussions of buoyancy and density—whether objects or materials will float or descend in water or other fluids: We tested the sinkability of various wood types.
Occasionally used figuratively for ideas or proposals likely to fail: The sinkability of that plan was obvious from the start.
Sudden steep descent
- descendMove to lower position
- founderOne who begins something
- capsizeOverturn in water
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
go under · settle · drop · plummet · dive · immerse · engulf · inundate
Density ratio versus reference
- massQuantity of matter
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- compactnessState of being compressed
- porosityVoid space density
solidity · displacement · volume · air pockets · waterlogged · saturated · hollow · solid core
Ability to stay afloat
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- waterlineLevel water reaches
- ballastShip stability material
- ArchimedesGreek polymath, physicist
hydrodynamics · draft · freeboard · hull · bilge · keel · trim · stability
plunge
Sudden steep descent
submerge · go under · settle · drop · plummet · dive · immerse · engulf · inundate · swamp
specific gravity
Density ratio versus reference
- massQuantity of matter
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- compactnessState of being compressed
porosity · solidity · displacement · volume · air pockets · waterlogged · saturated · hollow · solid core · composition
flotation
Ability to stay afloat
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- waterlineLevel water reaches
- ballastShip stability material
Archimedes · hydrodynamics · draft · freeboard · hull · bilge · keel · trim · stability · capsizing
sinkabilitybuoyancy
Fluid's upward resistance
floatability · unsinkability · floatation · flotation · buoyance
sink, sinks, sinking, sinker, sinkers, sinkable, unsinkable, sunken