What does centrifugal mean?
Definitions for centrifugal
sɛnˈtrɪf yə gəl, -ə gəlcen·trifu·gal
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Princeton's WordNet
centrifugaladjective
tending to move away from a center
"centrifugal force"
centrifugaladjective
tending away from centralization, as of authority
"the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress"
centrifugal, motor(a)adjective
conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
"motor nerves"
Wiktionary
centrifugaladjective
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
centrifugaladjective
Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
centrifugaladjective
Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Etymology: From centrum + fugio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Centrifugaladjective
Having the quality acquired by bodies in motion, of receding from the centre.
Etymology: from centrum and fugio, Lat.
They described an hyperbola, by changing the centripetal into a centrifugal force. George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles.
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centrifugal
Centrifugal refers to the phenomenon or force that makes objects move outwards, away from the center when they are rotating or moving along a curved path. The term is often used in the context of physics and engineering to describe the apparent force acting on a body in circular motion that pushes it away from the center of rotation.
Webster Dictionary
Centrifugaladjective
tending, or causing, to recede from the center
Centrifugaladjective
expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster
Centrifugaladjective
having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos
Centrifugalnoun
a centrifugal machine
Etymology: [L. centrum center + fugere to flee.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Centrifugal
sen-trif′ū-gal, adj. relating to the force directed towards the centre of curvature constantly required to keep a body moving in a curve instead of in its natural straight line: (bot.) applied to an inflorescence when the development proceeds from the apex towards the base of the axis or leaf, as opposed to centripetal, when it is from the base upwards towards the apex.—n. Cen′trifuge, a centrifugal machine. [L. centrum, and fug-ĕre, to flee from.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of centrifugal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of centrifugal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of centrifugal in a Sentence
That's the whole thing with the hog. It's you and 80 wild horses under your butt, just sitting on 10 square inches where the rubber meets the road. That hurricane gale wind whipping you in the face, leaning into a curve you can feel that gravity wanting to suck you down into it and what do you do Give it a little more gas. Pure centrifugal force. You can see yourself hurtling ass end over teakettle into oblivion.
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