construction, building - the act of constructing or building something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"

metacenter, metacentre - (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship

metacentric - of or relating to the metacenter