Question #172109
Define Metacenter and Metacentric height
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Meta centre (M) :
Meta centre of a stable floating body defined as the point about which the body will start to oscillate when it is displaced from its mean stable equilibrium position.
Metacentric height(GM):
Metacentric height is defined as the distance between metacentre(M) to centere of gravity(G) of floating body.
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