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centroid

(definition)

Definition: The center of gravity or center of mass of an object.

Author: PEB

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Clark Kimberling's pictorial example and physical method of finding the centroid of an plane object.


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Entry modified 19 July 2021.
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Paul E. Black, "centroid", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 19 July 2021. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/centroid.html