Associations to the word «Barycenter»

Wiktionary

BARYCENTER, noun. (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
BARYCENTER, noun. (geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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