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Centre 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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synonym
center of buoyancy
plural
Centre of Buoyancies
possessive
Centre of Buoyancy's
pluralpossessive
Centre of Buoyancies'