center of mass

Example Sentences

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Shifting the center of mass rearward dramatically improved the Corvette’s balance and hotshot acceleration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

As they climb the curved ramp, they pop up and bring their center of mass closer to the center of rotation, and they speed up.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

The model represents a runner as a center of mass, with a hip that can rotate and a leg that can stretch.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

Eventually, when its nuclear batteries run out of juice for good, it will continue to quietly orbit the center of mass of the Milky Way for eternity.

From Salon • May 7, 2023

A great telescope has recently shown that one star in eighteen on the average is a visual double—is composed of two suns in slow revolution around their common center of mass.

From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul