center of buoyancy


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Noun1.center of buoyancy - (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
center of immersion, centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
center of mass, centre of mass - point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
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