/ English Dictionary |
CENTER OF IMMERSION
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Synonyms:
center of buoyancy; center of immersion; centre of buoyancy; centre of immersion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("center of immersion" is a kind of...):
center of mass; centre of mass (point representing the mean position of the matter in a body)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)