center of gravity

English

Alternative forms

• centre of gravity (British and Canadian spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/

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Noun

center of gravity (plural centers of gravity) (American spelling)

1. (physics) 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.
2. (figurative) The most central or important part of something, which its other parts are considered in relation to.

Related terms

• center of buoyancy
• center of inertia
• center of mass

Translations

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

• Arabic: مَرْكَز الْجَاذِبِيَّة m (markaz al-jāḏibiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重心 (zh) (zhòngxīn)

• Czech: těžiště (cs) n
• Dutch: zwaartepunt (nl) n
• Finnish: painopiste (fi)
• French: centre de gravité (fr) m
• German: Schwerpunkt (de) n, Gravizentrum n
• Icelandic: þyngdarpunktur m
• Indonesian: pusat gravitasi
• Italian: baricentro (it) m
• Japanese: 重心 (ja) (じゅうしん, jūshin)
• Korean: 무게중심 (mugejungsim)
• Malay: pusat graviti
• Malayalam: ഗുരുത്വാകർഷണകേന്ദ്രം (gurutvākaṟṣaṇakēndraṁ)
• Polish: środek ciężkości
• Portuguese: baricentro (pt) m, centro de gravidade m
• Romanian: centru de greutate n, centru de gravitație (ro) n
• Russian: центр тя́жести (ru) m (centr tjážesti)
• Swedish: tyngdpunkt (sv) c
• Turkish: ağırlık merkezi (tr)
• Vietnamese: trọng tâm (vi)

any pivotal or central idea or group

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重心 (zh) (zhòngxīn)

• Finnish: painopiste (fi)
• Italian: baricentro (it) m
• Polish: środek ciężkości m
• Portuguese: centro de gravidade m
• Romanian: centru de greutate n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: tyngdpunkt (sv) c (ish)

See also

• centre of buoyancy
• centre of inertia
• centre of mass
• barycentre
• barycentric

Anagrams

• centre of gravity