Center of mass

unique point where the weighted relative position of a distributed mass sums to zero

Also known as center of mass, center of gravity, centre of gravity

quantity

Corresponding Quantity Kind: length with ISQ dimension $𝖫$

ISQ dimension $𝖫$

MaRDI QIDQ6673847 FDOCommunityMathModDB WikidataQ2945123 ScholiaQ2945123

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Formula(s) and quantity(-ies)

Defining Formula: ${𝒓}_{\mathrm{G}}=\frac{{\int }_{\mathrm{D}}𝒓\rho \mathrm{d}V}{{\int }_{\mathrm{D}}\rho \mathrm{d}V}$

${𝒓}_{\mathrm{G}}$ symbol represents center of mass

$\rho$ symbol represents mass density

$𝒓$ symbol represents position vector

$V$ symbol represents volume

$m_i$ symbol represents mass

${𝒓}_i$ symbol represents position vector

Reference(s)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_mass

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921	(Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Inertia, Center of)

Subclass(es)

point in physical space
criterion
position vector

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