. . . . . "metacenter"@en-us . . . . . . "05866822-n"^^ . . . . "105525438"@en-us . "(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"@en-us . . "metacenter"^^ . "metacentre"@en-us . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . "105866822"^^ .