Definition:Center of Mass/Also known as
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Center of Mass: Also known as
The center of mass of a body is also known as its mass center.
Also note that in UK English, center is spelt centre.
Some sources use the term barycenter, but that term has wider applications than applied mathematics, and is used a more general concept in affine geometry.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): centre of mass
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): centre of mass