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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a metacenter.
- adjective Genetics Having the centromere in the median position so that the arms are of equal length. Used of a chromosome.
- noun A metacentric chromosome.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In biology, pertaining to a new center around which new diverging modifications are produced.
- Of or pertaining to the metacenter.
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- 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 - noun A metacentric
chromosome
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- adjective having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere
- adjective of or relating to the metacenter
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Examples
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A V-shaped metacentric chromosome has two arms: 10 metacentric chromosomes would have a total of 20 arms.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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A V-shaped metacentric chromosome has two arms: 10 metacentric chromosomes would have a total of 20 arms.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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A V-shaped metacentric chromosome has two arms: 10 metacentric chromosomes would have a total of 20 arms.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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A V-shaped metacentric chromosome has two arms: 10 metacentric chromosomes would have a total of 20 arms.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The object of Mr. Alexander Taylor's indicator is to measure and show by simple inspection the metacentric height under every condition of loading, and therefore to make known the stability of the vessel.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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Round the top of the scale, at D, are engraved four different draughts, and under these are the metacentric heights.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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The curve may be constructed in the following manner: Having found by calculation the position of the transverse metacenter, M, for a given displacement -- Figs. 1 and 2 -- the metacentric height, G M, is then determined either by calculations, or more correctly by experiment, by varying the position of weights of known magnitude, or by the stability indicator itself.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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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 Various
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Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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The scale having previously been properly graduated, the metacentric height for the draught and state of loading can be at once read off in inches, while as a check the water can be transferred from the one test tank to the other, and the metacentric height read off as before, but on the opposite side of the zero pointer.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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