barycenter

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) barycentre

Etymology

From bary- +‎ center.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barycenter (plural barycenters)

1. (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

2. (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)

1. To determine such a barycenter

See also

• orthocenter

Anagrams

• barycentre