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centroid

[′sen‚trȯid]
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(mathematics)
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centroid

The point which may be considered the center of a two-dimensional figure; the center of gravity of an area.
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Algorithms for the sun sensor calibration, sun sensor and inclinometer alignment, sun image centroid extraction, and heading determination are presented in detail.
This model comprises a dynamic model of the centroid motion and a dynamic model of the rotation around the centroid.
The centroid coordinates of the focal spot could be calculated by (13), where f(h, u) is the flux density of the grid hu on the plane receive.
where [mathematical expression not reproducible] are the centroid coordinates of a certain suitability type in [t.sub.i] and [t.sub.i+1] year, [t.sub.i] and [t.sub.i+1] are the beginning and terminal years.
where [m.sub.c] is mass, [a.sub.c] is vehicle body centroid acceleration, L is vertical distance between suspension centroid and vehicle centroid, is pitching angle of vehicle body, [F.sub.1i] is acting force exerted by suspension on vehicle body, i = fl, i = fr, i = rl and i = rr represent left front wheel, right front wheel, left rear wheel and right rear wheel respectively.
The preoperative centroid was 0.97 D x 91.97[degrees] [+ or -] 1.74, (p = 0.95), and the postoperative centroid was 0.75 D x 98.59[degrees] [+ or -] 1.50, (p = 0.82).
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