centre of mass

Synonyms:

center of mass

Types:

center of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion

(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

barycenter

(astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve

centroid

the center of mass of an object of uniform density

Type of:

center, centre, midpoint

a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure