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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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centre of buoyancy

Part of Speechnoun

The point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water.

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centre of cavitycentre of displacementcentre of flotation

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Related Words

center of buoyancymetacentrecentre of masscentre of inertiacenter of massmetacentercenter of gravitymetacentric stability

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