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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the center of gravity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to the center of gravity, or to the method of finding it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it.
- adjective (Math.) a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or surface about such an axis has for measure the product of the line or surface by the length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes called
theorem of Pappus , also, incorrectly,Guldinus's properties . See Barycentric calculus, underCalculus .
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- adjective Relating to the
centre of gravity or theprocess offinding it.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek kentrobarikē, theory of the center of gravity : kentron, center; see center + baros, weight; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Ancient Greek
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