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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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centre of gravity

Part of Speechnoun

A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.

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center of gravitycenter of masscenter of inertiacenter of buoyancycentroidcentrecentre of masscentre of inertia

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