metacenter
noun
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(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
Types & categories
- intersection hypernym
Related & opposite
- metacentric derivation
- shipbuilding domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | metacentric |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | shipbuilding |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | intersection |