Definition of barycentric in English:
barycentric
adjectiveˌbarɪˈsɛntrɪkˌbɛrəˈsɛntrɪk
Relating to the centre of gravity.
Example sentencesExamples
- When the results of the analysis started coming in, it turned out that the initial estimate was almost entirely correct: The scores of all the triplet and pulse candidates, both barycentric and non-barycentric, had indeed gone down.
- The three probabilities can be viewed as the barycentric coordinates of a vector p =, and the corresponding vector is mapped onto a two-dimensional simplex
- The most important are the barycentric and trilinear coordinates.
- His work is highly original but the notion of barycentric coordinates introduced by Möbius was his main motivation.
Derivatives
nounˈbarɪsɛntə
The arrival times given are those of the centre of the first main pulse after midnight at infinite frequency at the barycentre of the solar system, in seconds.
Example sentencesExamples
- Also does not the barycentre depend on the distance of separation of the two bodies?
- We shall look at the asymptotics of the barycentres of independent copies of Brownian motions on the hyperbolic spaces.
- In other words, if you focused on the barycentre and watched the Sun in its orbit, it would be swinging around a point 1.236 solar radii outside the Sun.
- This message appears when the barycentre is equal to zero as the result of the computation.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek barus 'heavy' + -centric.
Definition of barycentric in US English:
barycentric
adjectiveˌbɛrəˈsɛntrɪkˌberəˈsentrik
attributive Relating to the center of gravity.
Example sentencesExamples
- When the results of the analysis started coming in, it turned out that the initial estimate was almost entirely correct: The scores of all the triplet and pulse candidates, both barycentric and non-barycentric, had indeed gone down.
- The most important are the barycentric and trilinear coordinates.
- His work is highly original but the notion of barycentric coordinates introduced by Möbius was his main motivation.
- The three probabilities can be viewed as the barycentric coordinates of a vector p =, and the corresponding vector is mapped onto a two-dimensional simplex
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek barus ‘heavy’ + -centric.