Barycentric

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Barycentric can refer to:

In astronomy,

• Barycentric coordinates (astronomy) are coordinates defined by the common center of mass of two or more bodies
• Barycentric Dynamical Time was a time standard in the Solar system
• Barycentric Coordinate Time is a coordinate time standard in the Solar system
• The barycentre is the point between two objects where they balance each other

In geometry,

• A barycentric subdivision is a way of dividing a simplicial complex
• Barycentric coordinates (mathematics) are coordinates defined by the vertices of a simplex