barycenter

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barycenter

noun barycenters · barycentre

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

verb barycenters · barycentering · barycentered · barycentre

  1. To determine such a barycenter

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noun physics: center of a mass

Portuguêsbaricentro
Françaisbarycentre
Ελληνικάβαρύκεντρο varýkentro
Русскийцентр тя́жести centr tjážesti

noun geometry: centre of a plane figure

Portuguêsbaricentro

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@misc{barycenter_2026,
  title = {barycenter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barycenter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}