Flota

[Sp.] A fleet; specifically the Spanish fleet which used to sail annually from Cadiz to Mexico, to bring home the productions of the latter country. Flot'age, n. [Fr. flottage.] Act of floating; that which Flot'ant, n. ( Her.) Applied to an object which is flying in the air; as, a banner - floatant. Flota'tion, n. [From FLOAT, q. v.] The act of floating; the doctrine of floating bodies. floats on the water. Plane line of flotation . The line or plane in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it.