(definition)
Definition: The center of gravity or center of mass of an object.
Author: PEB
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)
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