flotation : Idioms & Phrases
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Center of flotation
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noun the center of gravity of a floating object
center of flotation.
WordNet
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(Shipbuilding) (a) The center of any given plane of flotation.(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. Rankine.
Webster 1913
centre of flotation
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noun the center of gravity of a floating object
center of flotation.
WordNet
flotation device
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noun rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
preserver; life preserver.
WordNet
Plane, ∨ Line , of flotation
- the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See
Bearing , n., 9 (c).
Webster 1913
Surface of flotation
(Shipbuilding) , the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.