center of gravity

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• /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/
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31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَرْكَز الْجَاذِبِيَّة (markaz al-jāḏibiyya) — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Chinese Mandarin: 重心 (zhòngxīn) — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Czech: těžiště — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Dutch: zwaartepunt — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Finnish: painopiste — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• French: centre de gravité — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• German: Schwerpunkt — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• German: Gravizentrum — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Icelandic: þyngdarpunktur — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Indonesian: pusat gravitasi — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Italian: baricentro — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Japanese: 重心 (jūshin) — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Korean: 무게중심 (mugejungsim) — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Malay: pusat graviti — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Malayalam: ഗുരുത്വാകർഷണകേന്ദ്രം (gurutvākaṟṣaṇakēndraṁ) — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Polish: środek ciężkości — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Portuguese: baricentro — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Portuguese: centro de gravidade — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Romanian: centru de greutate — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Romanian: centru de gravitație — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Russian: центр тя́жести (centr tjážesti) — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Swedish: tyngdpunkt — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Turkish: ağırlık merkezi — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Vietnamese: trọng tâm — point, near or within a body, at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated
• Chinese Mandarin: 重心 (zhòngxīn) — any pivotal or central idea or group
• Finnish: painopiste — any pivotal or central idea or group
• Italian: baricentro — any pivotal or central idea or group
• Polish: środek ciężkości — any pivotal or central idea or group
• Portuguese: centro de gravidade — any pivotal or central idea or group
• Romanian: centru de greutate — any pivotal or central idea or group
• Swedish: tyngdpunkt (ish) — any pivotal or central idea or group