centre of buoyancy

English

Ship Stability diagram showing centre of gravity (G), centre of buoyancy (B), and metacentre (M) with ship upright and heeled over to one side.

Alternative forms

• center of buoyancy (US)

Noun

centre of buoyancy (plural centres of buoyancy) (British spelling, Canadian spelling)

1. (nautical) the point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water.

Synonyms

• centre of cavity
• centre of displacement
• centre of flotation

Related terms

• centre of gravity
• centre of inertia
• centre of mass

Translations

centre of mass of displaced water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮力中心 (fúlì zhōngxīn)

• Finnish: nostepiste
• Icelandic: flotþungamiðja f

Anagrams

• center of buoyancy