centroid

English

Etymology

From centre +‎ -oid.

Noun

centroid (plural centroids)

1. (mathematics, physics) 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 (arithmetic mean) of the co-ordinates of all the points of the shape. For a shape of uniform density, the centroid coincides with the centre of mass which is also the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.

Translations

point at the centre of any shape

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 形心 (zh) (xíngxīn)

• Finnish: painopiste (fi)
• French: centroïde (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Zentroide
• Ido: centroido (io)
• Irish: meánlár m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} centroide
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: centroide m
• Russian: центро́ид (ru) m (centróid), барице́нтр (ru) m (baricéntr), центр тя́жести (ru) m (centr tjážesti)
• Spanish: centroide m
• Vietnamese: trọng tâm (vi)

See also

• barycentre

Anagrams

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