centroid
Meaning of centroid
noun
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.
Information about centroid
- It is a name.
- The plural form of centroid is: centroids.
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Hyphenation of centroid
cen-troid
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- centroid is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of centroid
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