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An object is '''level''' if the [[normal]] at any point on its surface intersecting the [[line of gravity]] through its [[center of mass]] is the aforementioned line itself. | An object is '''level''' if the [[normal]] at any point on its surface intersecting the [[line of gravity]] through its [[center of mass]] is the aforementioned line itself. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 11 February 2014
An object is level if the normal at any point on its surface intersecting the line of gravity through its center of mass is the aforementioned line itself.
The exposed hypersurface of any stationary liquid is always level, bar any slight curvature caused by surface tension.
