barycenter
English
Alternative forms
- (UK) barycentre
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
Translations
physics: center of a mass
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geometry: centre of a plane figure
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Verb
barycenter (third-person singular simple present barycenters, present participle barycentering, simple past and past participle barycentered)
- To determine such a barycenter