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flotation tank

British  

noun

  1. an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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McDermott’s childhood memories are matched by naïvely excited music; the flotation tank, by a soporific étude; the simulated coma, by music so shapeless yet alluring that it could have been written by Satie.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2023

And I got a vision, floating in the flotation tank, of me and Philip onstage together.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

At Lift, the flotation tank looks like a cross between a sleek car top carrier and a huge bidet.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2016

Zeiger has operated a flotation tank service in New York since 1985, and runs the only commercial flotation business that has survived since the last time flotation was in fashion.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2016

Fans of The Simpsons will remember Homer going on a psychedelic flotation tank trip, or the cult 1980 film Altered States, where a scientist experiments on himself in a tank and goes berserk.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2016

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