center of gravity

How To Use center of gravity In A Sentence

• The metacentric height can be selectively varied by varying the relationship of center of gravity to that of the dipole mass system with respect to the metacenter of the gravity gradiometer.
• Similarly, if the center of gravity is lowered 6 in. on the same displacement, the curve, B, will be found, and in this manner comparative diagrams can be constructed giving at a glance the stability of a vessel for any given draught of water and metacentric height. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
• Unless there is a dramatic change in the ship's shape at the waterline, the center of gravity remains in place and the new and old transverse metacenters cross at this point.
• It has a small bucket on the front and hoe on the back, with an arm that lays over to drop the center of gravity for travel.
• As the cabin lurched back and forth and the sounds of rocket fire percussed the urgent, faltering rhythm of our right engine, I unfastened my seat belt, and, finding my center of gravity, rose from my seat, moving past aides shock still in their chairs, arms locked like girders against their arm rests in terror, and walked up the center aisle to the pilot's cabin. Hillary: Pledged Delegates "Just Like" Supers ��� They Can Switch
• The iron's center of gravity is toward the heel and higher than in the company's more forgiving irons.
• The airliner slued around in mid-air, pivoting on its center of gravity. Joint Operations
• Now I want to put the center of gravity in the work.
• Unless there is a dramatic change in the ship's shape at the waterline, the center of gravity remains in place and the new and old transverse metacenters cross at this point.
• With that high center of gravity you're twice as likely as some putz in a Pontiac to tip precariously onto two wheels.