メタセンター

noun

metacenter; metacentre

Technical term in naval architecture and ship stability; the point where the vertical line through the center of buoyancy intersects the centerline when a ship is heeled.

• 船ふねの安あん定てい性せいを評ひょう価かするには、メタセンターの位い置ちが重じゅう要ようです。

  The position of the metacenter is important for evaluating a ship's stability.