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Center of Buoyancy

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

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Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
center of immersioncentre of buoyancy
plural
Center of Buoyancies
possessive
Center of Buoyancy's
pluralpossessive
Center of Buoyancies'