\Cen`tro*bar"ic\, a. [Gr. (?) ? a treatise of
Archimedes on finding the center of gravity, fr. ?
gravitating toward the center; ? center + ? weight.]
Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of
finding it.
{Centrobaric method} (Math.), a process invented for the
   purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by
   the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis,
   depending upon the principle that every figure formed by
   the revolution of a line or surface about such an axis has
   for measure the product of the line or surface by the
   length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes
   called {theorem of Pappus}, also, incorrectly, {Guldinus's
   properties}. See {Barycentric calculus}, under {Calculus}.