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CENTER OF FLOTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does center of flotation mean?
• CENTER OF FLOTATION (noun)
The noun CENTER OF FLOTATION has 1 sense:
1. the center of gravity of a floating object
Familiarity information: CENTER OF FLOTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The center of gravity of a floating object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
center of flotation; centre of flotation
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)
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