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barycenter

barycenter noun: the center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.

Noun

barycenter (plural barycenters)

  1. The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
    • the Earth–Moon barycenter
  2. The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure

Verb

barycenter (third-person singular simple present barycenters, present participle barycentering, simple past and past participle barycentered)

  1. To determine such a barycenter

barycenter meaning in Tamil

barycenter in Tamil

சுற்றியக்கத்தில் உள்ள, பொதுவான நிறையின் மையம், நீள்வட்டத்தின் குவியம்

Forms of barycenter

Noun
pluralbarycenters
alternative formbarycentre
Verb
third-person singular presentbarycenters
present participlebarycentering
past participlebarycentered
pastbarycentered

Origin of barycenter

From bary- + center.

Words formed from barycenter

Questions about barycenter

What does barycenter mean?
Barycenter means the center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
What is barycenter in Tamil?
Barycenter in Tamil is சுற்றியக்கத்தில் உள்ள, பொதுவான நிறையின் மையம், நீள்வட்டத்தின் குவியம். See Barycenter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is barycenter?
Barycenter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of barycenter?
The plural of barycenter is barycenters.

Words near barycenter in the dictionary

  1. Baryakina
  2. baryani
  3. baryanis
  4. barycell
  5. barycells
  6. barycenter
  7. barycentered
  8. barycentering
  9. barycenterings
  10. barycenters
  11. barycentre

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: barycenter (page history and authors); barycenter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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