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centroid

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Noun — The point where all of a body's weight, or another force spread evenly through it, can be thought of as acting; the centre of gravity or mass.

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Etymology

Formed from centre and -oid. It dates from 1844, when it began replacing the older terms "centre of gravity" and "centre of mass" in purely geometrical contexts, and was later extended to further generalisations.

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