Stability and metacentric height (GM)
The ship's ability to return upright; GM must stay above the minimum in the stability booklet at every stage of the voyage.
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | Stability and metacentric height (GM) |
| Russian | Остойчивость и метацентрическая высота (GM) |
| Romanian | Stabilitate și înălțime metacentrică (GM) |
| Polish | Stateczność i wysokość metacentryczna (GM) |
| Latvian | Noturība un metacentriskais augstums (GM) |
| Filipino | Stability at metacentric height (GM) |
| Indonesian | Stabilitas dan tinggi metasentris (GM) |
| Chinese | 稳性与初稳性高度（GM） |
| Croatian | Stabilitet i metacentarska visina (GM) |
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