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Definition: Center Of Gravity |
Center Of GravityNoun1. The point within something at which gravity can be considered to act. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | Point through which total mass of ship may be assumed to act. Position of centre of gravity of ship depends only on distribution of masses in ship. Position can be calculated but vertical position can be determined experimentally. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The center of mass of a cut or a fill b. That point in a body or system of bodies through which the resultant attraction of gravity acts when the body or system is in any position; that point from which the body can be suspended or poised in equilibriumin any position. (references) |
Shipping | The point of equilibrium of the total weight of a containership, truck, train or a piece of cargo. (references) |
Space | (CG), also known (more precisely) as center of mass. In a distributed mass, an appropriately defined "average location" of its parts. If the mass is a rigid (=undeforming) body subject to the earth's gravity, then if it is supported at the CG, it will stay balanced and not tilt to any side.In a system subject only to internal forces, the center of gravity always stays in the same spot; hence the Earth-Moon system rotates around its mutual center of gravity (not around the Earth's center), and a rocket flies forwards when it ejects a high-speed stream of gas backwards. (references) |
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Synonym: Center Of GravitySynonym: centre of gravity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Centrality | Center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy; metacenter. |
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Crosswords: Center Of Gravity |
| English words defined with "center of gravity": Barycentric, Barycentric calculus, Binary star ♦ Centrobaric, Centrobaric method ♦ Mass center ♦ orthogonal ♦ perpendicular, Plumb line ♦ rectangular ♦ squat, Stable equibrium ♦ -tre ♦ underslung, Unifilar magnetometer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "center of gravity": ARCHITECT, MARINE ♦ balanced vibrating conveyor ♦ center of gravity limits ♦ FISHING-ROD MARKER ♦ longitudinal axis ♦ man-riding car, metacentric height GM ♦ neutral point, normal axis ♦ stability of weights ♦ vector steering, vertical axis ♦ WEIGHT ANALYST ♦ yaw axis ♦ Z axis. (references) |
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Economic History | India | Consider the following: The insurance potential class of households currently having an annual income of less than US $480 will reduce from 53.9 million in 2001-2002 to 29.3 million in 2006-2007. Households having an annual income of above US $2050 will increase from 13.6 million in 2001-2002 to 27.7 million in 2006-2007. Over both the medium term and the long-term, the center of gravity of the top 2 income classes will tilt further towards the cities. (references) |
Trade | Sri Lanka | For container cargo, the weight, center of gravity, and sling or grab points may be marked to encourage careful handling. (references) |
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Expressions using "center of gravity": center of gravity limits ♦ center of gravity position ♦ position of the center of gravity. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
center of gravity | 60 |
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| Language | Translations for "center of gravity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qendra e gravitetit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مركز الثقل (centre of gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重心 (core; main part). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tìžištì (centre of gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tyngdepunkt (center of mass, centre of mass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gewichtszwaartepunt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | painopiste (centre of gravity), massakeskipiste (center of mass, centre of mass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | centre de gravité (centre of gravity), G. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwerpunkt (center, centre, centre of gravity, main emphasis, main focus, main stress, plank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κέντρο βάρους (center of mass, centre of mass), κέντρο βαρύτητασ (centre of gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | súlypont (centre of gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | centro di gravit , baricentro (center of mass, centre of mass, centroid, median point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 重心 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅうし" (brutal heart, chief vassal, gun barrel, senior statesman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entercay ofay avitygray centro de gravidade (centre of gravity). (various references) центр тяжести (centre of gravity). (various references) centar ravnoteže (centre of gravity). (various references) centro del daño, centro de gravedad (centre of gravity). (various references) ağırlık merkezi (centre of gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-g-i-n-o-r-r-t-t-v-y" | |
-3 letters: overreacting, overtreating. | |
-4 letters: contrariety, interrogate, overfearing, retroacting, retroactive, teratogenic. | |
-5 letters: fraternity, integrator, intergraft, inveteracy, overacting, overeating, overrating, recovering, recreating, recreation, refracting, refraction, refractive, retracting, retraction, retreating, torrefying, travertine, vegetation, veterinary, vociferant, vociferate. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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