barycentric coordinate system

barycentric coordinate system
/bar'euh sen"trik/, Math.
a coordinate system 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.
[ < Gk barý(s) heavy + -CENTRIC]

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