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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Metacenter \Met`a*cen"ter\or Metacentre \Met`a*cen"tre\, n.
     [Pref. meta- + center.] (Hydrostatics)
     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]
  
     Note: When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the
           position of the body is stable; when below it,
           unstable.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Metacenter \Met`a*cen"ter\or -tre \-tre\, n. [Pref. meta- +
     center.] (Hydrostatics)
     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.
  
     Note: When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the
           position of the body is stable; when below it,
           unstable.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  metacenter
       n : (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 [syn: metacentre]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  metacenter
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en metacentre from=US)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  metacenter
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en metacentre from=US)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  metacenter
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en metacentre from=US)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  metacenter
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en metacentre from=US)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  metacenter /mˌɛtəsˈɛntə/
  1. (fiz.) aşkın merkez, denk merkezi.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 定倾中心

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