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CENTER OF FLOTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The center of gravity of a floating object
Synonyms:
center of flotation; centre of flotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("center of flotation" is a kind of...):
center of gravity; centre of gravity (the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass)