barycentric coordinate system

[bar-uh-sen-trik]

noun Mathematics.

a system of coordinates for an n-dimensional Euclidean space in which each point is represented by n constants whose sum is 1 and whose product with a given set of linearly independent points equals the point.

Origin of barycentric coordinate system

< Greek barý(s) heavy + -centric

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