Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centre of effort

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tre of -ef-fort
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Canadian usage; British usage

Usage

Canadian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

centres of effort (plural) center of effort (alternative)

Questions

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

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