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Quarter–circular area

Semicircular area 0

Semiparabolic area

Parabolic area 0

Parabolic spandrel

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The following diagrams depict a list of centroids. A centroid of an object X in n -dimensional space is

the intersection of all hyperplanes that divide X into two parts of equal moment about the hyperplane. Informally,

it is the "average" of all points of X .

Shape Figure Area

Triangular area

Quarter-circular area

Semicircular area

Quarter-elliptical area

Semielliptical area The area inside the ellipse and above the axis

The area between the curve and the axis, from

Semiparabolic area
to

Parabolic area The area between the curve and the line

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The area between the curve and the axis, from

Parabolic spandrel
to

The area between the curve and the axis, from

General spandrel
to

The area between the curve (in polar coordinates) and the
Circular sector
pole, from to

Circular segment

Quarter-circular arc The points on the circle and in the first quadrant

Semicircular arc The points on the circle and above the axis

The points on the curve (in polar coordinates) , from

Arc of circle
to

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