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 Floater (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Floater (band), a band based in Portland, Oregon
Floating rate note, in finance, a floating-rate bond, or a bond whose coupon rates are reset periodically according to a specified benchmark (e.g.
The Floaters, an RandB singing group of the 1970s
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 Floater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They may be of embryonic origin or acquired due to degenerative changes of the vitreous humour or retina.
Latin-derived Muscae volitantes (meaning 'flying flies'), or French-derived mouches volantes, are a specific type of floater consisting of small spots whose presence is normal and attributed to minute remnants of embryonic structures in the vitreous humour.
Although the blood vessels of the eye also obstruct light, they are invisible under normal circumstances (and thus not annoying) because they are fixed in location relative to the retina, and the brain "tunes out" stabilized images due to neural adaptation.
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 floater - OneLook Dictionary Search
Floater : Visionary, for the Study of Vision [home, info]
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