centre of immersion

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   (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

   Synonymscenter of buoyancycentre of buoyancycenter of immersion

   Broadercenter of mass

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Questions about centre of immersion

What does centre of immersion mean?

centre of immersion means "(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object".

What is another word for centre of immersion?

Close synonyms include center of buoyancy, centre of buoyancy, center of immersion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is centre of immersion a common word?

centre of immersion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.