Barycenter vs Gravity - What's the difference?
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(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
Resultant force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other
(In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Michael Riordan, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
Specific gravity.
The state or condition of being grave (graveness).
As nouns the difference between barycenter and gravity
is that barycenter is (physics) the center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal while gravity is resultant force on earth's surface, of the attraction by the earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the earth's rotation.barycenter
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Alternative forms
* (UK) barycentreNoun
(en noun)- the Earth–Moon barycenter
Derived terms
* barycentric, barycentrically, barycentricitySee also
* (wikipedia "barycenter") * orthocenterAnagrams
*gravity
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(wikipedia gravity)Noun
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(In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
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