metacenter
on a heeling ship, the point at which a vertical line through the heeled centre of buoyancy crosses the line through the original, vertical centre of buoyancy
en-US/ˈmɛdəˌsɛntɚ/
en-GB/mɛtəsɛntə/
on a heeling ship, the point at which a vertical line through the heeled centre of buoyancy crosses the line through the original, vertical centre of buoyancy