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centre of effort

centre of effort noun: the point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.

Noun

centre of effort (plural centres of effort)

  1. (Canada, UK) The point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.

Forms of centre of effort

pluralcentres of effort
alternative formcenter of effort

Questions about centre of effort

What does centre of effort mean?
Centre of effort means the point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.
What part of speech is centre of effort?
Centre of effort is a noun.
What is the plural of centre of effort?
The plural of centre of effort is centres of effort.

Words near centre of effort in the dictionary

  1. centre of attention
  2. centre of buoyancy
  3. centre of cavity
  4. centre of curvature
  5. centre of displacement
  6. centre of effort
  7. centre of flotation
  8. centre of gravity
  9. centre of inertia
  10. centre of lift
  11. centre of mass

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