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Categories: Geometric centers, Buoyancy, Ship measurements

metacenter metacentre metacentric height

(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 WordNet 3.0

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The metacentric height is a measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body. Wikipedia

The distance between the center of gravity of a ship and its metacenter Wikipedia Disambiguation

Measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body Wikidata

A midway point between a ship's centre of buoyancy when upright and its centre of buoyancy when tilted; it must be above the centre of gravity to enable a tilting ship to return to an upright position. Wiktionary

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