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centroid
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Wiktionary
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n. (context mathematics physics English) The point at the centre of any shape, sometimes called centre of area or centre of volume. For a triangle, the centroid is the point at which the medians intersect. The co-ordinates of the centroid are the average ...
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In mathematics and physics , the centroid or geometric center of a plane figure is the arithmetic mean ("average") position of all the points in the shape. The definition extends to any object in n - dimensional space : its centroid is the mean position ...
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n. the center of mass of an object of uniform density
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Centroid \Cen"troid\ (s[e^]n"troid), n. [L. centrum + -oid.] The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.
Usage examples of centroid.
Nuel,” Flaster continued, “you certainly cannot have ‘left’ your centroid anywhere, I believe if you check you’ll find it somewhere near your navel.
Flaster,” Dennis ventured, “since you bring up the subject, I’m sure we’re all interested in the centroid of that vicious little varmint that buzzed the party.
That is, that the orthocenter, centroid, and circumcenter of any triangle must lie in a straight line, with the centroid exactly twice as far from the orthocenter as from the circumcenter.
Glanton's eyes in their dark sockets were burning centroids of murder and he and his haggard riders stared balefully at the kid as if he were no part of them for all they were so like in wretchedness of circumstance.