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Word: centre of gravity (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • (as a metaphor) any pivotal or central idea or group.
  • physics a point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the centre of mass in a uniform gravitational field

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