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metacarpophalangeal joint |
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metacenter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun metacenter has 1 sense
- metacenter(n = noun.cognition) metacentre - (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; Array is a kind of intersection, intersection point, point of intersection
Derived form adjective metacentric1
CIDE DICTIONARY
metacenter, n. [Pref. meta- + center.].
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium. [1913 Webster]
" When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the position of the body is stable; when below it, unstable."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
metacenter
Centrality
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.
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