barycenter
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word barycenter. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word barycenter, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say barycenter in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word barycenter you have here. The definition of the word barycenter will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbarycenter, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
- (UK) barycentre
Etymology
Noun
barycenter (plural barycenters)
- (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
- (geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
Derived terms
Translations
physics: center of a mass
|
geometry: centre of a plane figure
|
Verb
barycenter (third-person singular simple present barycenters, present participle barycentering, simple past and past participle barycentered)
- To determine such a barycenter