centroids
Meaning of centroids
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 centroids
- It is a name.
- The singular form of centroids is: centroid.
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Hyphenation of centroids
cen-troids
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- centroids is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with centroids
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