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Barycenter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See center of mass.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. the point representing the mean position of the matter in a body.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"Stars in pairs both orbit around a point in space called a barycenter, and researchers at times saw these orbits were slightly off, suggesting the presence of a planet tugging at both stars."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

centre of mass center of mass

Cross Reference

orthocenter

Form

barycentric barycentrically barycentricity

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

centroid center of mass