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metacenter

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Noun

HYPHEN

met=a=cen=ter

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun metacenter has 1 sense

metacenter(n = noun.cognition) metacentre - (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship;

is a kind of intersection, intersection point, point of intersection

Derived form adjective metacentric₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

metacenter, n. [Pref. meta- + center.].

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium. [1913 Webster]

" When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the position of the body is stable; when below it, unstable." [1913 Webster]

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Centrality

N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.