# Float

Float may refer to:

## Common usage

* Lowboy (trailer), called a float in Eastern Canada usage
* Float (parade)

## Arts and entertainment

* Float (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary
* Float (2019 film), a 2019 American animated short film produced by Pixar
* Float (2023 film), a 2023 drama film directed by Sherren Lee
* Float (b-boy move), a balance-intensive breakdance move

### Music
#### Albums

* Float (Aesop Rock album), 2000
* Float (Flogging Molly album), 2008
* Float (Styles P album), 2013

#### Songs

* "Float" (song), a 2022 song by Tim and the Glory Boys
* "Float", by Bush from Golden State, 2001
* "Float", by Eden from Vertigo, 2018
* "Float", by Janelle Monáe from The Age of Pleasure, 2023
* "Float", by The Music from The Music, 2002
* "Float", by RAH Band from Mystery
* "Float", by Russell Dickerson from Yours, 2017

## Beverages

* Float, an ice cream soda
* Floats (drink), line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda
* Float (bartending technique), the layering of liquid or ingredients on the top of a drink

## Computing

* Float (computing)
* Float, a Cascading Style Sheets attribute
* Float, a single precision binary computer number format

## Finance and economics

* Float (money supply)
* Float, the act of moving a currency to a floating exchange rate
* Cash float, the money in a cash register needed at the beginning of a business day in order to give change to customers
* Public float, the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares
* Stock market float, an initial public offering (IPO), particularly in British English
* Insurance float, investable funds collected from premiums but not paid out in claims

## Fishing-related

* Fishing float, a bite indicator used in angling
* Fishing net float, small floats attached along one side of the net so that it hangs vertically in the water
* Glass float, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines afloat

## Science

* Float (oceanography), an oceanographic instrument platform
* Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged

## Tools

* Float (liquid level), a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing
* Float (woodworking), a tool used to cut, flatten and/or smooth wood via abrasion
* Concrete float, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces
* Float, a rasp-like tool sporting sharp cutting teeth, sometimes used on horse teeth

## Vehicles

* Float (horse-drawn), a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed
* Float (nautical), an external, buoyant section of a water vessel (such as a pontoon boat or a floatplane)
* Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or moving platform, could be animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
* Float shifting or "floating gears", the practice of shifting gears on a manual transmission without using the clutch
* Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk
* Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine

## Other uses

* Float (project management), a time-management device
* Float railway station, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland
* Swimming float or pool float, a device used to aid swimmers with buoyancy
* Float, an animal name for a group of crocodiles