free-floating
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free-float·ing
(frē′flō′tĭng)adj.
1. Not committed or decided.
2. Experienced without an obvious basis or cause: free-floating anxiety.
3. Capable of free movement; not bound.
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free-floating
adj
unattached or uncommitted, as to a cause, a party, etc
ˌfree-ˈfloater n
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free′-float′ing
adj.
1. lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating anxiety.
2. uncommitted; independent: free-floating voters.
3. capable of relatively free movement.
[1920–25]
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
free-floating
adj → nicht gebunden, unabhängig; currency, exchange rate → frei konvertierbar
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free-floating
adj (anxiety, etc.) flotanteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.