metacenter

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A form of metacentre — The point where a vertical line through a tilted vessel's center of buoyancy intersects the originally-vertical (but-now-tilted) line that passed through the center of buoyancy when the vessel was upright; it must be above the vessel's center of gravity for the vessel to have positive static stability (to tend to return to an upright orientation if rolled to one side, rather than to continue rolling to an inverted orientation).

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Meanings

nounmetacenter (plural metacenters)

plural metacenters

  1. USUS spelling of metacentre.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(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

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intersectionintersection pointpoint of intersection
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APA

metacenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metacenter

MLA

“metacenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metacenter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metacenter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metacenter.

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