Meaning & use
floater
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A person or thing that floats, including an employee without a fixed role, a body found floating in water, or a small speck seen drifting in one's field of vision.
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The temp agency sent over a floater to cover the receptionist's shift.
She noticed a small floater drifting across her vision after staring at the bright screen.
A note on using this word
In ophthalmology, "floaters" are tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the eye's vitreous humor that cast shadows on the retina.
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2. noun
A tiny speck or cobweb-like shape that appears to drift across one's field of vision, caused by debris in the eye's vitreous gel.
He mentioned the floaters to his eye doctor at his checkup.
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