(usually CENTER)
The division of a fleet between the van and the rear of the line of battle, and between the weather and lee divisions in the order of sailing.
·vi To be placed in a center; to be central. II. Centre ·noun & ·v ·see <<Center>>. III. Centre ·v...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct ...
·add. ·- A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers...
That point in a ship where a vertical line drawn from the centre of cavity cuts a line perpendicular...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See meta-centre. ...
, are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...
, or balancing point See gravity, centre of. ...
See motion (centre of). ...
The centre of gravity of a ship is that point about which all parts of the body, in any situation, b...
That point of a body which remains at rest whilst all the other parts are in motion about it: as the...
In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...
The difference between the true and mean anomalies of a planet. ...