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CENTER OF GRAVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
Synonyms:
center of gravity; centre of gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("center of gravity" is a kind of...):
center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "center of gravity"):
center of flotation; centre of flotation (the center of gravity of a floating object)