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metacenter [′med·ə‚sen·tər] (fluid mechanics) The intersection of a vertical line through the center of buoyancy of a floating body, slightly displaced from its equilibrium position, with a line connecting the center of gravity and the equilibrium center of buoyancy; the floating body is stable if the metacenter lies above the center of gravity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The center interacts with NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and National Science Foundation metacenter sites nationwide and participates in the Advanced Technology Demonstration Network to prototype information and communications technologies for the Joint Vision 2020 military strategy, a leading-edge activity of the Next Generation Internet initiative. As one step toward "scalable supercomputing" and the development of a national information infrastructure, the four national supercomputer centers last year announced the formation of a national MetaCenter (SN: 11/28/92, p. As part of this alliance, the two companies will integrate BusinessObjects(TM) Enterprise 6 with Data Advantage Group's MetaCenter Platform to help organizations that are struggling to manage metadata from disparate tools and technologies. |
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