center of buoyancy

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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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