metacentre   (TTS Sound)

The metacentre has 1 Senses.

• metacentre, metacenter
• (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
• 一つの線が平衡状態にある船体の浮心を通り、もう一方が船が一つの方向に傾く時に船体の浮心を通る2つの垂直線間の交点