center of mass

Definitions of center of mass
  1. noun
    point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
    synonyms: centre of mass
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    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
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