Meaning | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body. |
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Synonym | centre of mass |
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Narrower | barycenter | (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve |
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center of buoyancy, centre of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of immersion | (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object |
centroid | The center of mass of an object of uniform density / density |
Broader | center, centre, midpoint | A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
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Spanish | baricentro |
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Catalan | baricentre, centre de massa |
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