Three characteristics that are unique to mammals include their  ability to feed their babies with milk made in their mammary  glands. Mammals also have hair on their bodies â¦and they have a  single bone that makes up their lower jaw.
buoyancy. n. 1. the ability to float in a liquid or to rise in a fluid. 2. (General Physics) the property of a fluid to exert an upward force (upthrust) on a body that is wholly or partly submerged in it. 3. the ability to recover quickly after setbacks; resilience.
In physics, buoyancy or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus the pressure at the bottom of a column of fluid is greater than at the top of the column. Similarly, the pressure at the bottom of an object submerged in a fluid is greater than at the top of the object. This pressure difference results in a net upwards force on the object.