LAGRANGIAN POINT


Meaning of LAGRANGIAN POINT in English

Astron.

one of five points in the orbital plane of two bodies orbiting about their common center of gravity at which another body of small mass can be in equilibrium.

[ 1960-65; named after J. L. LAGRANGE; see -IAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .