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Center of Mass The center of mass is a fairly self-explanatory term: it is the location that is in the direct center of an object or system, in terms of the mass of that object or system. For uniform ... Read more
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Center of Gravity In the study of mechanics the center of gravity refers to the point in an object that moves in a gravitational field as though the entire mass of the object were concentrated at that... Read more
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Center of Mass The center of mass of an object is a point where, for purposes of measurements, all of the object's mass is imagined to be concentrated. It is also the point at which an object will bal... Read more