Definition:Center of Pressure

Definition

Let $P$ be a plane surface immersed in liquid.

The center of pressure is the point on $P$ at which the resultant pressure on $P$ is considered to act.

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): centre of pressure
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): centre of pressure