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Noun
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met=a=cen=tre

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 1 sense

  • metacentre(n = noun.cognition) metacenter - (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;


CIDE DICTIONARY

n. Array
     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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

, n. (US metacenter) the point of intersection between a line (vertical in equilibrium) through the centre of gravity of a floating body and a vertical line through the centre of pressure after a slight angular displacement, which must be above the centre of gravity to ensure stability.

Derivative
metacentric adj.
Etymology
F m{eacute}tacentre (as META-, CENTRE)
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