Definition of BARYCENTER

barycenter

Plural: barycenters

Noun

  • (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
  • The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
  • The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure

Verb

  • To determine such a barycenter

Origin / Etymology

From bary- + center.

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