Meanings
plural centres of mass · alternative US center of mass
- CanadaUKmathematicsA point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.
Synonyms: center of gravity, centre of inertia, COM
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.
More synonyms by meaning
nounpoint representing the mean position of the matter in a body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 質心 /质心
- 質心 /质心 (zhìxīn)point where the mass can be considered concentrated
Czech těžiště
- těžištěpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Danish massemidtpunkt
- massemidtpunktpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Finnish massakeskipiste
- massakeskipistepoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
French centre de masse
- centre de massepoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
German Massenmittelpunkt, Gewichtsschwerpunkt
- Massenmittelpunktpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
- Gewichtsschwerpunktpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
- Schwerpunktpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Hungarian tömegközéppont
- tömegközéppontpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Indonesian titik berat
- titik beratpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Italian baricentro
- baricentropoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Japanese 質量中心
- 質量中心 (shitsuryō chūshin)point where the mass can be considered concentrated
Korean 질량 중심
- 질량 중심 (jillyang jungsim)point where the mass can be considered concentrated
Polish barycentrum, środek ciężkości
- barycentrumpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
- środek ciężkościpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Romanian centru de masă
- centru de masăpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Russian центр масс, центр ине́рции
- центр массpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
- центр ине́рции (centr inɛ́rcii)point where the mass can be considered concentrated
- барице́нтр (baricéntr)point where the mass can be considered concentrated
Swedish masscentrum
- masscentrumpoint where the mass can be considered concentrated
Cite this entry
centre of mass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre%20of%20mass
“centre of mass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre%20of%20mass. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centre of mass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre%20of%20mass.
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