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CENTAURY

Volume 2 · 50 words · 1771 Edition

CENTAURY. See Chelidonium.

Center of gravity, in mechanics, that point about which all the parts of a body do, in any situation, exactly balance each other. See Mechanics.

Center of motion, that point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move about it. See Mechanics.