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Definition of Metacentre

1. 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.

Definition of Metacentre

1. Noun. (context: physics shipbuilding) A midway point between a ship's centre of buoyancy when upright and its centre of buoyancy when tilted; it must be above the centre of gravity to enable a tilting ship to return to an upright position. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metacentre

Literary usage of Metacentre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theoretical Naval Architecture: A Treatise on the Calculations Involved in by Samuel James Pope Thearle (1877)
"The metacentre.—If a vessel, floating upright in still water, be inclined, the centre of buoyancy will evidently move in the same direction as that in which ..."

2. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"But in such cases the stability of the equilibrium of the floating body is more readily understood by reference to another point called the metacentre. 208. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Stability of Ships by Edward James Reed (1885)
"WE have now arrived at a point in our inquiries when it has become necessary to consider somewhat fully the term " metacentre." The French investigator ..."

4. A Manual of Naval Architecture for Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1900)
"The definition of the metacentre already given for transverse ... The general expression for the height of the longitudinal metacentre above the centre .of ..."

5. Mechanics of Engineering: Comprising Statics and Dynamics of Solids; the by Irving Porter Church (1893)
"This limiting position of m is called the metacentre, and accordingly the following may be stated: A ship floating upright is in stable equilibrium if its ..."

6. A Treatise on Hydromechanics by William Henry Besant (1877)
"A cone, whose vertical angle is 60°, floats in water with its axis vertical and vertex downwards; shew that its metacentre lies in the plane of floatation; ..."

7. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Including Mechanics and Hydrostatics by John Leslie (1829)
"But FB, the altitude of the centre of buoyancy, is equal to f NF, and therefore FB, the whole height of the metacentre above , NL 6NF*+5NI* - Such is the ..."

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