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metacentric

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I've always thought that metacentric height would make the perfect try-at-home in your bath tube experiment against Flat Earth.

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Quick take

A metacentric chromosome.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A metacentric chromosome.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a metacenter.

adjective

(genetics) Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for metacentric.

noun

A metacentric chromosome.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a metacenter.

adjective

(genetics) Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.

Example sentences

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I've always thought that metacentric height would make the perfect try-at-home in your bath tube experiment against Flat Earth.

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One story that has stuck with me is of a destroyer class in WW2 that performed particularly horribly because of an error on calculating the metacentric height.

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In October 1913, Imperator returned to the Vulkan shipyard to facilitate drastic work to improve handling and stability, as it had been discovered that his center of gravity was too high (see metacentric height).

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But even Bouguer and Euler- the people inventing metacentric height calculations- are working a century after the Vasa, so a master shipbuilder in that era just has his working experience and no real math to help him.

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And "forgot that aluminum hull + steel propulsion hardware + salt water = galvanic corrosion" is a "never bothered to calculate GM" (the metacentric height) level of cluster#_$&'ing incompetence for any shipbuilder.

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And "forgot that aluminum hull + steel propulsion hardware + salt water = galvanic corrosion" is a "never bothered to calculate GM" (the metacentric height) level of cluster#_$&'ing incompetence for any shipbuilder.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use metacentric in a sentence?

I've always thought that metacentric height would make the perfect try-at-home in your bath tube experiment against Flat Earth.

What does metacentric mean?

A metacentric chromosome.

What part of speech is metacentric?

metacentric is commonly used as noun, adjective.