Meanings
nounbarycenter (plural barycenters)
plural barycenters · alternative barycentre
- natural sciencesThe center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
the Earth–Moon barycenter
- geometryThe centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
verbbarycenter (third-person singular simple present barycenters, present participle barycentering, simple past and past participle barycentered)
present singular third person barycenters · participle present barycentering · participle past barycentered · past barycentered · alternative barycentre
- To determine such a barycenter
Origin
- Englishbary-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
- Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
- Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
- Latincentrum
- Middle Frenchcentre
- Middle Englishcenter
- Englishcenter
- Englishbarycenter
Translations
Bulgarian център на тежестта
- център на тежестта (centăr na težestta)physics: center of a mass
Finnish barysentri, painopiste
- barysentriphysics: center of a mass
- painopistephysics: center of a mass
- massakeskipistephysics: center of a mass
- painopistegeometry: centre of a plane figure
French barycentre
- barycentrephysics: center of a mass
Greek βαρύκεντρο
- βαρύκεντρο (varýkentro)physics: center of a mass
Polish barycentrum, środek ciężkości
- barycentrumphysics: center of a mass
- środek ciężkościphysics: center of a mass
- barycentrumgeometry: centre of a plane figure
Portuguese baricentro, baricentro
- baricentrophysics: center of a mass
- baricentrogeometry: centre of a plane figure
Russian центр тя́жести
- центр тя́жести (centr tjážesti)physics: center of a mass
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Cite this entry
APA
barycenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barycenter
MLA
“barycenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barycenter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barycenter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barycenter.
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