CENTER OF BUOYANCY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

Synonyms:

center of buoyancy; center of immersion; centre of buoyancy; centre of immersion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("center of buoyancy" is a kind of...):

center of mass; centre of mass (point representing the mean position of the matter in a body)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

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