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center of gravity

/ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/

center of gravity noun: a point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.

Noun

center of gravity (plural centers of gravity)

  1. (US) A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
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    COG
  2. (US, figuratively) The most central or important part of something, or around which everything else revolves.

center of gravity meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati

center of gravity in Tamil

புவியீர்ப்பு மையம்

center of gravity in Malayalam

point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
ഗുരുത്വാകർഷണകേന്ദ്രം gurutvākaṟṣaṇakēndraṁ

center of gravity in Kannada

ಬಿಣ್ಪುವಿನ ನಡುವು, ತೂಕದ ನಡುವು, ಹಿರಿಸೆಳೆಯ ನಡುವು

center of gravity in Gujarati

center of gravity
ગુરુત્વમધ્યબિંદુ gurutvamadhyabindu
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center of gravity in Arabic
مَرْكَز الْجَاذِبِيَّة markaz al-jāḏibiyya
center of gravity in Malay
pusat graviti
center of gravity in Indonesian
pusat gravitasi
center of gravity in Vietnamese
trọng tâm

Synonyms of center of gravity

Forms of center of gravity

pluralcenters of gravity
alternative formcentre of gravity

Questions about center of gravity

What does center of gravity mean?
Center of gravity means a point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
What is center of gravity in Tamil?
Center of gravity in Tamil is புவியீர்ப்பு மையம். See Center of gravity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is center of gravity?
Center of gravity is a noun.
How do you pronounce center of gravity?
Center of gravity is pronounced /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/.
What is the plural of center of gravity?
The plural of center of gravity is centers of gravity.

Words near center of gravity in the dictionary

  1. center of attention
  2. center of buoyancy
  3. center of curvature
  4. center of effort
  5. center of excellence
  6. center of gravity
  7. center of inertia
  8. center of lift
  9. center of mass
  10. center of pressure
  11. center of symmetry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: center of gravity (page history and authors); center of gravity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); center of gravity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ગુરુત્વમધ્યબિંદુ (Gujarati) (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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