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barycenter

barycenter

English

Alternative forms

(UK) barycentre

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

Translations

physics: center of a mass

Bulgarian: център на тежестта ‎(centǎr na težestta)
Finnish: barysentri (astronomy); painopiste (fi), massakeskipiste (general)
French: barycentre (fr) m

Greek: βαρύκεντρο (el) ‎(varýkentro)
Macedonian: тежиште n ‎(téžište)
Russian: центр тя́жести (ru) m ‎(centr tjážesti)

geometry: centre of a plane figure

Finnish: painopiste (fi)

Derived terms

barycentric, barycentrically, barycentricity

See also

orthocenter

Anagrams

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