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Definition of Centroids
1. centroid [n] - See also: centroid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centroids
Literary usage of Centroids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"As the bodies to which they belong move the centroids roll upon each other, ...
The two centroids have always one point in common—their point of ..."
2. The Kinematics of Machinery: Outlines of a Theory of Machines by Franz Reuleaux (1876)
"Profiles described by Secondary centroids. "We have already mentioned (§ 9) the
employment of secondary centroids instead of the original primaries, ..."
3. Differential and Integral Calculus by Clyde Elton Love (1916)
"In the actual determination of centroids, the following considerations are ...
centroids of geometrical figures. It is clear that, for a homogeneous body of ..."
4. Differential and Integral Calculus by Clyde Elton Love (1916)
"In the actual determination of centroids, the following considerations are often
useful (the first two apply only to homogeneous masses): (a) If the body ..."
5. A Manual of the Mechanics of Engineering and of the Construction of Machines by Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1883)
"During ihe motion of the system these two curves or centroids are always in
contact, the point of tangency changing constantly, and this motion can be ..."
6. Graphical Analysis: A Text Book on Graphic Statics by William Sidney Wolfe (1921)
"centroids of Volumes.—The centroid of some volumes can be located ... There are
others that have their centroids oh some axis at a certain proportional ..."
7. An Elementary Treatise on Theoretical Mechanics by Alexander Ziwet (1893)
"3- EXAMPLES OF THE DETERMINATION OF centroids. 24. Two Particles. The centroid
G of two particles of masses mv my concentrated at two points Pv P2 lies on ..."
8. The Elements of Graphic Statics: A Text-book for Students of Engineering by Leander Miller Hoskins (1899)
"centroids of Lines and of Areas. 182. General Method of Finding Centroid. ...
Take the centroids of the partial areas as the points of application of forces ..."
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