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Definition of Centroid
1. Noun. The center of mass of an object of uniform density.
Definition of Centroid
1. n. The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.
Definition of Centroid
1. Noun. (context: mathematics physics) The point at the centre of any shape, sometimes called centre of area or centre of volume. For a triangle, the centroid is the point at which the medians intersect. The co-ordinates of the centroid are the average (arithmetic mean) of the co-ordinates of all the points of the shape. For a shape of uniform density, the centroid coincides with the centre of mass which is also the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field. ¹
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Definition of Centroid
1. the center of mass of an object [n -S]
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Literary usage of Centroid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"It would therefore be wrong to give them different names, they can be distinguished,
when nects>ary, as the centroid of a body, ..."
2. Graphical Analysis: A Text Book on Graphic Statics by William Sidney Wolfe (1921)
"For still others the centroid can be most conveniently located by cutting the
volume into small slices and approximating the centroid and content of each ..."
3. Modern Geometry by Charles Godfrey, Arthur Warry Siddons (1908)
"(xn, yn) the coordinates of the centroid are y! + y2 + ...+ yn n rt This follows
immediately from Theorem 2. Theorem 3 makes it clear, from the symmetry of ..."
4. Calculus by Herman William March, Henry Charles Wolff (1917)
"Since the position of the centroid is independent of the choice of axes, ...
Hence the resultant passes through the centroid of the system of masses. ..."
5. The Elements of Graphic Statics: A Text-book for Students of Engineering by Leander Miller Hoskins (1899)
"The point T is called the centroid of the three forces Aß, BC, and CD. By an
extension of the same method, a centroid may be determined for any system of ..."
6. Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1898)
"The centroid of a System of Points. If we let r=\, then we have for the ...
In 2 general we define the centroid of m points at, av. ,, am as the point IH a1 ..."
7. Graphical Statics: Two Treatises on the Graphical Calculus and Reciprocal by Luigi Cremona (1890)
"OG', (a, + o2 + a3...). G'G, and consequently, it coincides with the segment (a,
+ a2 + a3 +...). OG. 123. If H is the centroid of the points Oj. ..."
8. The Theory and Practice of Mechanics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1913)
"Graphical Determination of the centroid. — When a plane figure has an ... In this
case, however, the equa- tions for determining the centroid may be applied ..."
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