center of gravity (English)

Alternative forms

  • centre_of_gravity
  • Noun

    a point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center_of_mass in a uniform gravitational field

    (as a metaphor) any pivotal or central idea or group.

    Translations

    a point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated

  • Finska - painopiste
  • Indonesian: pusat gravitasi
  • Japanska - 重心
  • Polska - środek ciężkości
  • Turkiska - ağırlık merkezi
  • See also

  • center_of_inertia
  • Anagrams

  • centre_of_gravity#English|centre_of_gravity
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