CENTER OF IMMERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does center of immersion mean? 

• CENTER OF IMMERSION (noun)
  The noun CENTER OF IMMERSION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CENTER OF IMMERSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTER OF IMMERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

center of buoyancy; center of immersion; centre of buoyancy; centre of immersion

Hypernyms ("center of immersion" is a kind of...):

center of mass; centre of mass (point representing the mean position of the matter in a body)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)