height of metacenter

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• Metacentric height — Ship Stability diagram showing centre of gravity (G), centre of buoyancy (B), and metacentre (M) with ship upright and heeled over to one side. Note that for small angles, G and M are fixed, while B moves as the ship heels, and for big angles B… …   Wikipedia

• metacentric height — The distance from the metacenter to the center of gravity of a ship. If the center of gravity is below the metacenter the vessel is stable …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• metacentric height — noun : the distance of the metacenter above the center of gravity of a floating body * * * Naval Archit. the distance between the center of gravity and the metacenter of a floating body, as of a vessel …   Useful english dictionary

• metacentric height — Naval Archit. the distance between the center of gravity and the metacenter of a floating body, as of a vessel. * * * …   Universalium

• longitudinal metacentric height — noun : the distance between the center of gravity of a ship and the longitudinal metacenter …   Useful english dictionary

• HMS Hood (1891) — The second warship to be named HMS Hood was a modified Royal Sovereign class battleship of the Royal Navy, and the last of the eight built.She was named after Admiral Sir Arthur William Acland Hood, First Lord of the Admiralty 1885–1889. (The… …   Wikipedia

• Draft (hull) — Draft marks on a ship s bow The draft (or draught) of a ship s hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline… …   Wikipedia

• Metacentric — could refer to: Metacentric height: the distance between the center of gravity of a ship and its metacenter. Metacentric Centromere: the position of a centromere on a chromatid This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same… …   Wikipedia

• metacentre — ▪ fluid mechanics also spelled  metacenter        in fluid mechanics, the theoretical point at which an imaginary vertical line through the centre of buoyancy intersects another imaginary vertical line through a new centre of buoyancy created… …   Universalium