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Noun: floater flowtu(r)- Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humour and lens
"floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"
- musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots - A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
- A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- vagrant, drifter, vagabond - An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
- A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
- A swimmer who floats in the water
- An object that floats or is capable of floating
- An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewellery) regardless of its location
- floating policy
Derived forms: floaters See also: float Type of: bather, bird of passage, certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, elector, employe [US], employee, have-not, insurance, insurance policy, natator, object, obligation, physical object, policy, poor person, roamer, rover, swimmer, symptom, voter, wanderer Encyclopedia: Floater |