barycenter
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (UK) barycentre
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
barycenter (plural barycenters)
- (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
- the Earth–Moon barycenter
- (geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
physics: center of a mass
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geometry: centre of a plane figure
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Verb[edit]
barycenter (third-person singular simple present barycenters, present participle barycentering, simple past and past participle barycentered)
- To determine such a barycenter