barycenter

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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

Translations

• French: barycentre
• Russian: центр тя́жести

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