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Metacentre
Meaning
Noun
●
In Nautical & Physics:
The point where a
vertical line
through a
tilted
vessel
's
center of buoyancy
intersects
the originally-vertical (but-now-tilted)
line
that
passed through
the
center of buoyancy
when the
vessel
was
upright
; it must be above the
vessel
's
center of gravity
for the
vessel
to have positive
static
stability
(to
tend
to
return
to an
upright
orientation
if
rolled
to
one side
,
rather than
to
continue
rolling
to an
inverted
orientation
).
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Origin
metacentre
English
métacentre
French
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Etym
Synonyms
Metacenter
Rhymes
Enter
Centre
Incenter
Dissenter
Hypocentre
Metacentre
Orthocentre
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