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meta·cen·ter (metə sen′tər)

noun

that point in a floating body at which a vertical line drawn through its center of buoyancy when it is upright meets the vertical line drawn through its center of buoyancy when it is tipped; center of gravity of the part of a floating body that is not submerged: for stability the metacenter must be above the center of gravity

Etymology: Fr métacentre: see meta- & center

metacenter Related Forms
met′a·cen·tric (-trik) adjective

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