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centroidIn geometry, the centre of mass of a two-dimensional figure or three-dimensional solid. Thus the centroid of a two-dimensional figure represents the point at which it could be balanced if it were cut out of, for example, sheet metal. The centroid of a circle or sphere is its centre. More generally, the centroid represents the point designated by the mean (see mean, median, and mode) of the coordinates of all the points in a set. If the boundary is irregular, finding the mean requires using calculus (the most general formula for the centroid involves an integral). centroid [′sen‚trȯid] (mathematics) (mechanics) (mathematics) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Spatiotemporal scanning was initiated at the centroids of the 439 German counties. Next, clusters are formed based on squared Euclidian distance measures between group centroids. We mapped infants residential ZIP code centroids to the nearest weather monitor. |
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