List of centroids

List of centroids

The following diagrams depict a list of centroids. A centroid of an object X in n-dimensional space is the intersection of all hyperplanes that divide X into two parts of equal moment about the hyperplane. Informally, it is the "average" of all points of X.

External links

* http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/109/Centroids-of-Common-Shapes.aspx
* http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/IndexArea.cfm


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