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metacenter

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Noun
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met=a=cen=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

metacentern. [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]

ROGET THESAURUS

metacenter

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.


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