centroid
/ˈsɛntrɔɪd/
noun
- The center point of a shape or object, where its mass is evenly balanced.
- In physics class, we found the centroid of an irregular piece of cardboard.
- The centroid of a triangle is where the three medians meet.
- Engineers calculated the centroid of the bridge to ensure it would be stable.
- The average position of all points in a set of data, often used in statistics and machine learning.
- The centroid of the population data shows where most people live in the region.
- The centroid of the cluster represents the typical customer in that group.
- In k-means clustering, each data point is assigned to the nearest centroid.