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metacentre
/ 藞尘蓻迟蓹藢蝉蓻苍迟蓹 /
noun
- the intersection of a vertical line through the centre of buoyancy of a floating body at equilibrium with the formerly vertical line through the centre of gravity of the body when the body is tilted
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Derived Forms
- 藢尘别迟补藞肠别苍迟谤颈肠, adjective
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Constructed in the early days of ironclads, this vessel foundered in 1870 through a mistaken calculation about the metacentre, with the designer, Captain Cooper Coles, and a son of the First Lord on board.
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