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center of mass

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

Summary

center of mass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,053 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • center of mass is a type of point in physical space[2].
  • center of mass is a type of criterion[3].
  • center of mass is a type of position vector[4].
  • center of mass's Commons category is recorded as Center of gravity[5].
  • center of mass's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • center of mass's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[7].
  • center of mass's different from is recorded as center of gravity[8].
  • center of mass's studied by is recorded as theory of center of mass[9].
  • center of mass's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include point in physical space[2], criterion[3], and position vector[4].

Why It Matters

center of mass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,053 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → point in physical space, criterion, position vector
    Studied by → theory of center of mass
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4674820
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284973605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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