barycenter

English

Alternative forms

(UK) barycentre

Etymology

bary- +‎ center

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

barycentric, barycentrically, barycentricity

Translations

physics: center of a mass

Bulgarian: център на тежестта (centǎr na težestta)
Finnish: barysentri (astronomy); painopiste (fi), massakeskipiste (general)
French: barycentre (fr) m
Galician: baricentro (gl) m
Greek: βαρύκεντρο (el) (varýkentro)
Macedonian: те́жиште n (téžište)
Polish: barycentrum n, środek ciężkości m
Portuguese: baricentro (pt) m
Russian: центр тя́жести (ru) m (centr tjážesti)

geometry: centre of a plane figure

Finnish: painopiste (fi)
Galician: baricentro (gl)
Portuguese: baricentro (pt) m

Verb

barycenter (third-person singular simple present barycenters, present participle barycentering, simple past and past participle barycentered)

To determine such a barycenter

Anagrams

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