Math. [f. Gr. κέντρον or L. centrum CENTRE + ὁδός path. (The earlier proposed name was CENTROID.)] (See quot.)
1878. Clifford, Elements of Dynamic, I. 136.
1882. Minchin, Unipl. Kinemat., 39. A locus traced out by the successive positions of an instantaneous centre of pure rotation has received the special name of a centrode.… We shall have therefore, in all cases, both a body centrode and a space centrode.
1884. Athenæum, 15 Sept., 339/2. Instantaneous centres and centrodes are not introduced till a late stage, link work and teeth of wheels being discussed without their aid.
