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Centre of buoyancy Moderate

Centre of buoyancy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

the point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water.

See Also
hull centre of inertia center of gravity centre of gravity centre of mass force immersed point
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
center of mass
Rhyming Words
ency incy ancy fancy nancy zincy mancy mincy noncy dancy duncy poncy yancy cincy trancy pouncy rouncy egency dauncy anancy
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