WordNet
centre of flotation
n. the center of gravity of a floating object [syn: center of flotation]
Usage examples of "centre of flotation".
But I can also make the Nautilus rise and sink, and sink and rise, by a vertical movement by means of two inclined planes fastened to its sides, opposite the centre of flotation, planes that move in every direction, and that are worked by powerful levers from the interior.
Hornblower's eye measured the distances, forward and aft of the centre of flotation, from forty feet before to thirty feet abaft.