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Ko te noho tārewa o tētahi mea ki roto i tētahi wē, ki runga rānei i te mata o tētahi wē.
The suspension of an object resting in or on the surface of a liquid.
He aha i mānu ai te pungapunga?
Whakarōpūngia ngā mea ka mānu me ngā mea ka totohu.
Ko te kiato o tētahi mea te āhuatanga matua e mānu ai, e totohu ai rānei taua mea.
He tōpana whakarunga tō te wai, koia hei hiki i te mea e mānu ana. He ōrite te tōpana whakarunga ki te taumaha o te wai ka peia atu.
He rahi ake te wai i peia e te poi whana, tērā i te wai i peia e te poi tēnehi. Nō reira, he rahi kē ake te tōpana whakarunga e pāpā ana ki te poi whana:
Ahakoa te tōpana whakarunga o te wai ka pāpā atu ki tētahi mea, mēnā he kiato taua mea, ka totohu. Arā, he rahi kē ake te tō ā-papa i te tōpana whakarunga. Hei tauira, he ōrite te rahi o te poi tēnehi me te poi kirikiti, engari nā te kiato o te poi kirikiti, ka rahi kē ake te tō ā-papa i te tōpana whakarunga o te wai, nō reira ka totohu. He ōrite te tōpana whakarunga o te wai me te tō ā-papa i te poi tēnehi, nō reira ka mānu: