metacenter, metacentre - (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship

vertex - the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure

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amplitude celestial point celestial pole Celtic cross chord cusp Feynman diagram intersection intersection point metacenter metacentre North Pole origin orthocenter orthocentre outlet parallelogram rule point quadrilateral			THEIR POINT OF INTERSECTION, which no traveller has yet been able to reach, is the very heart of Africa, and it is thither that all efforts should now be directed. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context If driven sharply back by a sudden onset of the enemy--and pickets are not expected to make a stand after firing--the men would come into the converging roads and naturally following them to their point of intersection could be rallied and "formed. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Lashing the two topmasts together, and making allowance for their unequal length, at the point of intersection I attached the double block of the main throat- halyards. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context			point d'appui Point de Galle point defect point defense point designation grid point duty point estimate point group point guard point in time point jam point lace point man point mutation Point net point of accumulation point of apoapsis Point of concurrence Point of contrary flexure point of departure point of entry point of honor point of honour point of impact point of inflection point of intersection point of no return point of order point of periapsis point of presence point of reference point of sale Point of sight point of view point off point out Point paper point source point spread Point Success Point switch point system Point system of type Point system of type bodies point target point the way point up point woman point-and-click point-and-shoot point-and-shoot camera			point of fixation point of fixation Point of Force Application point of frog Point of Grace Point of Grace Church Point of Historical Interest point of hock point of hock point of hock point of honor point of honour Point of Impact Point of Impact Point of Impact Point of Impingement Point of inflection Point of inflection Point of inflection Point of inflection Point of inflexion Point of inflexion Point of inflexion Point of information Point of Ingress Control Center Point of Intended Movement Point of Interception Point of Interconnection Point of Interest Exchange Language Specification Point of interface point of intersection Point of Intersection of Turnout Point of Last Contact Point of Last Environment Point of law Point of law point of lay point of lay point of lay point of lay point of lay point of lay Point of Main Effort Point of Maintenance Point of Market Entry Point of Maximal Impact Point of maximal impulse Point of maximal impulse Point of maximal impulse Point of maximal impulse Point of maximal impulse Point of maximal impulse point of maximal impulse (PMI) point of maximal impulse (PMI) point of maximal impulse (PMI) point of maximal impulse (PMI) point of maximal impulse (PMI) Point of Maximum Impulse Point of Maximum Impulse Point of Maximum Impulse Point of Maximum Impulse

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