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Gravity |
Attraction of masses towards each other |
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Center of Gravity |
Point at which the entire weight of a body may be considered as concentrated |
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Center of Mass |
Point at which the entire amount of matter in a body may be considered as concentrated |
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Centroid |
Geometric center of an area |
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CM and CG |
What are the same since the pull of gravity is uniform |
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Stability |
Property of a body that causes it to develop actions that restore the state of equilibrium |
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Stable object |
Wide base or low cg or both |
