Term: 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
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: headsman: an executioner who beheads the condemned person
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: cuterebra: type genus of the Cuterebridae
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: petrissage: massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: humic substance: an organic residue of decaying organic matter
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: constitution: the way in which someone or something is composed
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: cebidae: all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: epicurism: the disposition and habits of an epicure
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: cooler: a cell for violent prisoners
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: vardenafil: virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men
Broader: point: a geometric element that has position but no extension | Unrelated: face: the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)