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barycenter

noun

Etymology

From bary- + center.

  1. derived from κέντρον
  2. derived from centrum
  3. derived from centre
  4. inherited from center
  5. prefixed as barycenter — “bary + center”

Definitions

  1. The center of a mass

    The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal

    • the Earth–Moon barycenter

  2. The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure

  3. To determine such a barycenter

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for barycenter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA