CENTER OF FLOTATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The center of gravity of a floating object

Synonyms:

center of flotation; centre of flotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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

center of gravity; centre of gravity (the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass)

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