center of gravity
noun phrase
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: the point at which the entire weight of a body may be considered as concentrated so that if supported at this point the body would remain in equilibrium in any position
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Their batteries are located low to the ground, giving them a stable center of gravity to avoid wobbles during swings or catches.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
The best solution for this work, Hurst and others argue, is a bipedal, bimanual robot that can turn on the spot and adjust its center of gravity while carrying heavy items.
—James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The whiplash is disorienting, but, somewhat paradoxically, the characters’ romantic upheaval provides its own center of gravity.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
As confidence in that promise erodes, wealthy, authoritarian states step forward as an alternative center of gravity—offering not just different politics of climate leadership but potentially the money, technology, and governance models to implement it.
—William Burke-White, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
The best solution for this work, Hurst and others argue, is a bipedal, bimanual robot that can turn on the spot and adjust its center of gravity while carrying heavy items.
—James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The whiplash is disorienting, but, somewhat paradoxically, the characters’ romantic upheaval provides its own center of gravity.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
As confidence in that promise erodes, wealthy, authoritarian states step forward as an alternative center of gravity—offering not just different politics of climate leadership but potentially the money, technology, and governance models to implement it.
—William Burke-White, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for center of gravity
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“Center of gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20of%20gravity. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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