CentreOfMass

CentreOfMass [OSW9d8f708af2914d7280ec362c6e6bbca6]
ID	OSW9d8f708af2914d7280ec362c6e6bbca6
UUID	9d8f708a-f291-4d72-80ec-362c6e6bbca6
Label	CentreOfMass
Machine compatible name	CentreOfMass
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Description

The unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass of an Item sums to zero. Equivalently, it is the point where if a force is applied to the Item, causes the Item to move in direction of force without rotation.

Item
Type(s)/Category(s)	EmmoTerm

Term

EmmoTerm
Superclass	PositionVector
Comment	In non-relativistic physics, the centre of mass doesn’t depend on the chosen reference frame. [en]
URI	http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_9d8f708a_f291_4d72_80ec_362c6e6bbca6

jsondata

uuid

"9d8f708a-f291-4d72-80ec-362c6e6bbca6"

name

"CentreOfMass"

label

text	"CentreOfMass"
lang	"en"

description

text	"The unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass of an Item sums to zero. Equivalently, it is the point where if a force is applied to the Item, causes the Item to move in direction of force without rotation."
lang	"en"

type

"Category:OSW57beed5e1294434ba77bb6516e461456"

uri

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_9d8f708a_f291_4d72_80ec_362c6e6bbca6"

comment

text	"In non-relativistic physics, the centre of mass doesn’t depend on the chosen reference frame."
lang	"en"

subClassOf

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_44da6d75_54a4_4aa8_bd3a_156f6e9abb8e"

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