1 Buoyancy (also known as the buoyant force) is the force exerted on an object that is wholly or partly immersed in a fluid. 2  The symbol for the magnitude of buoyancy is B or FB.3  As a vector it must be stated with both magnitude and direction. Buoyancy (also known as the buoyant force) is the force exerted on an object that is wholly or partly immersed in a fluid. 2  The symbol for the magnitude of buoyancy is B or FB.
epicenter. 1  Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate. 2  a focal point, as of activity: Manhattan's Chinatown is the epicenter of the city's Chinese community.
Epic proportions is an often used phrase where I know of no popular phrase (or any phrase to my meager knowledge) that uses the etymology of pandemic. Epic can easily be used in any local-universe (multiverse, etc.) context. I would think that epidemic can be used instaed of pandemic in a world context, but pandemic cannot be used in reference to a community locale (unless it is the global community, or intercontinental community, etc.)