Definitions for centrifugal force
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centrifugal forcenoun

   the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

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1. centrifugal forcenoun

   in everyday understanding, centrifugal force is the effect that tends to move an object away from the center of a circle it is rotating about (a consequence of inertia).

2. centrifugal forcenoun

   In a rotating reference frame, the apparent force that seems to push all bodies away from the centre of rotation of the frame and is a consequence of the body's mass and the frame's angular speed. It works in conjunction with the Coriolis force to give correct motion.

3. centrifugal forcenoun

   In circular motion, the 'reactive' centrifugal force is a real force applied by the accelerating body that is equal and opposite to the centripetal force that is acting on the accelerating body.

4. centrifugal forcenoun

   In polar coordinates, the apparent radial force that acts away from the center and is a consequence of the body's angular speed around the origin.

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1. Centrifugal force

   In Newtonian mechanics, the centrifugal force is an inertial force (also called a "fictitious" or "pseudo" force) that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating frame of reference. It is directed away from an axis which is parallel to the axis of rotation and passing through the coordinate system's origin. If the axis of rotation passes through the coordinate system's origin, the centrifugal force is directed radially outwards from that axis. The magnitude of centrifugal force F on an object of mass m at the distance r from the origin of a frame of reference rotating with angular velocity ω is: The concept of centrifugal force can be applied in rotating devices, such as centrifuges, centrifugal pumps, centrifugal governors, and centrifugal clutches, and in centrifugal railways, planetary orbits and banked curves, when they are analyzed in a rotating coordinate system. Confusingly, the term has sometimes also been used for the reactive centrifugal force, a real inertial-frame-independent Newtonian force that exists as a reaction to a centripetal force.

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1. centrifugal force

   Centrifugal force is a type of inertial force (also known as a pseudo force) that acts on objects moving in a circular path and is directed outward away from the center of rotation. It is often felt when a car makes a sharp turn, creating a sense of being pushed towards the outer side of the car. This force is proportional to the mass of the object and the square of its velocity, divided by the radius of the path.

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1. Centrifugal force

   Centrifugal force can generally be any force directed outward relative to some origin. More particularly, in classical mechanics, the centrifugal force is an outward force which arises when describing the motion of objects in a rotating reference frame. Because a rotating frame is an example of a non-inertial reference frame, Newton's laws of motion do not accurately describe the dynamics within the rotating frame. However, a rotating frame can be treated as if it were an inertial frame so that Newton's laws can be used if so-called fictitious forces are included in the sum of external forces on an object. The centrifugal force is what is usually thought of as the cause for apparent outward movement like that of passengers in a vehicle turning a corner, of the weights in a centrifugal governor, and of particles in a centrifuge. From the standpoint of an observer in an inertial frame, the effects can be explained as results of inertia without invoking the centrifugal force. Centrifugal force should not be confused with centripetal force or the reactive centrifugal force, both of which are real forces independent of the frame of the observer.

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1. Centrifugal Force

   The force which draws a body constrained to move in a curved path away from the centre of rotation. It is really due to a tangential impulse and by some physicists is called the centrifugal component of tangential velocity. It has to be provided against in generator and motor armatures, by winding them with wire or bands to prevent the coils of wire from spreading or leaving their bed upon the core.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of centrifugal force in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of centrifugal force in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of centrifugal force in a Sentence

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   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.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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5. ^ Wikidata
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6. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
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