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Solar Energy Engineering Triangular Area
Quarter–circular area
Semicircular area 0
Semiparabolic area
Parabolic area 0
Parabolic spandrel
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Circular Sector 0
Quarter-circular arc
Semicircular arc 0
Arc of circle 0
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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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