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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=physics">physics</a>, the <b>center of mass</b> of a distribution of <a href="page.php?w=mass">mass</a> in <a href="page.php?w=space">space</a> (sometimes referred to as the <b>barycenter</b> or <b>balance point</b>) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted <a href="page.php?w=Position_%28geometry%29">relative position</a> of the distributed mass sums to zero. For a rigid body containing its center of mass, this is the point to which a force may be applied to cause a <a href="page.php?w=linear_acceleration">linear acceleration</a></p><p>
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