upthrust
noun/ˈʌpθrʌst/
/ˈʌpθrʌst/
[uncountable]- (physics) the force with which a liquid or gas pushes up against an object that is floating in it
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- (also uplift)(geology) the process or result of land being moved to a higher level by movements inside the earth
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