Meanings
plural centers of gravity · alternative centre of gravity
- USnatural sciencesA 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.
Synonyms: COG
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَرْكَز الْجَاذِبِيَّة
- مَرْكَز الْجَاذِبِيَّة (markaz al-jāḏibiyya)point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Chinese Mandarin 重心, 重心
- 重心 (zhòngxīn)point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- 重心 (zhòngxīn)any pivotal or central idea or group
Czech těžiště
- těžištěpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Dutch zwaartepunt
- zwaartepuntpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Finnish painopiste, painopiste
- painopistepoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- painopisteany pivotal or central idea or group
French centre de gravité
- centre de gravitépoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
German Schwerpunkt, Gravizentrum
- Schwerpunktpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- Gravizentrumpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Icelandic þyngdarpunktur
- þyngdarpunkturpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Indonesian pusat gravitasi
- pusat gravitasipoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Italian baricentro, baricentro
- baricentropoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- baricentroany pivotal or central idea or group
Japanese 重心
- 重心 (jūshin)point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Korean 무게중심
- 무게중심 (mugejungsim)point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Malay pusat graviti
- pusat gravitipoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Polish środek ciężkości, środek ciężkości
- środek ciężkościpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- środek ciężkościany pivotal or central idea or group
Portuguese baricentro, centro de gravidade
- baricentropoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- centro de gravidadepoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- centro de gravidadeany pivotal or central idea or group
Romanian centru de greutate, centru de gravitație
- centru de greutatepoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- centru de gravitațiepoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- centru de greutateany pivotal or central idea or group
Russian центр тя́жести
- центр тя́жести (centr tjážesti)point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Swedish tyngdpunkt, tyngdpunkt (ish)
- tyngdpunktpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
- tyngdpunkt (ish)any pivotal or central idea or group
Turkish ağırlık merkezi
- ağırlık merkezipoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Vietnamese trọng tâm
- trọng tâmpoint, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
Cite this entry
center of gravity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/center%20of%20gravity
“center of gravity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/center%20of%20gravity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “center of gravity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/center%20of%20gravity.
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