free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflō-tiŋ 
1
a
: floating freely
free-floating vegetation
b
: lacking specific attachment, direction, or purpose
free-floating ideas
2
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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Crucially, white dwarfs support themselves against collapse through something called electron degeneracy pressure, in which a huge sea of free-floating electrons resists collapse because, according to quantum mechanics, electrons can never share the same state.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2025
Not Up to Standard While the Casco Bay experiment showed that Running Tide was still a long way from being able to grow large amounts of kelp, publicly the company presented the tests as evidence that its free-floating buoy technology was progressing.
—Alexandra Talty, Wired News, 11 Dec. 2025
But if his gestures were free-floating, his linguistic prowess remained dense and dexterous.
—Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
The design uses two separate, free-floating foam pieces, positioned laterally and medially within the midsole.
—Cory Smith, Outside, 25 Oct. 2025
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2025
Not Up to Standard While the Casco Bay experiment showed that Running Tide was still a long way from being able to grow large amounts of kelp, publicly the company presented the tests as evidence that its free-floating buoy technology was progressing.
—Alexandra Talty, Wired News, 11 Dec. 2025
But if his gestures were free-floating, his linguistic prowess remained dense and dexterous.
—Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
The design uses two separate, free-floating foam pieces, positioned laterally and medially within the midsole.
—Cory Smith, Outside, 25 Oct. 2025
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free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflōt-iŋ
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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