CENTRE OF GRAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centre of gravity mean? 

• CENTRE OF GRAVITY (noun)
  The noun CENTRE OF GRAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass

  Familiarity information: CENTRE OF GRAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRE OF GRAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

center of gravity; centre of gravity

Hypernyms ("centre of gravity" is a kind of...):

center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centre of gravity"):

center of flotation; centre of flotation (the center of gravity of a floating object)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

 Context examples 

Over time, some stars begin to fall toward a common centre of gravity, which is usually dominated by a particularly large protostar — and if the stars have a close encounter before they can escape their stellar nursery, violent interactions can occur.

(ALMA Captures Dramatic Stellar Fireworks, ESO)