meta-centre

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• meta

  mēta, ae, f. [root ma-, measure, whence Gr. μέτρον; Lat. manus, mane, etc. (q. v.), properly, that w...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• meta

  mēta ae, f a cone, pyramid: collis in modum metae fastigatus, L.: petra in metae modum erecta, i. e...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Meta-

  ·- ·Alt. of Met-. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Centre

  ·vi To be placed in a center; to be central. II. Centre ·noun & ·v ·see <<Center>>. III. Centre ·v...

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• centre

  (usually CENTER) The division of a fleet between the van and the rear of the line of battle, and b...

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• Centre punch

  ·add. ·- A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct ...

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• Centre seal

  ·add. ·- A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers...

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• shifting-centre

  See meta-centre. ...

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• centre of buoyancy, of displacement , and of immersion, of cavity

  , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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• centre of immersion, of displacement , and of buoyancy, of cavity

  , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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• centre of displacement, of immersion, and of buoyancy, of cavity

  , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• centre of cavity, of displacement, of immersion, and of buoyancy

  , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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• centre of gravity

  , or balancing point See gravity, centre of. ...

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• centre of motion

  See motion (centre of). ...

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• gravity, centre of

  The centre of gravity of a ship is that point about which all parts of the body, in any situation, b...

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• motion, centre of

  That point of a body which remains at rest whilst all the other parts are in motion about it: as the...

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• angle of the centre

  In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...

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• equation of the centre

  The difference between the true and mean anomalies of a planet. ...

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