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centrifugal

[sen-trif-yuh-guh

l, -uh-guh

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moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal).

pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump.

Physiology. efferent.

noun

Machinery.

a machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force; centrifuge.

a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine.

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Origin:
1715–25; < Neo-Latin centrifug(us) center-fleeing (centri- centri- + Latin -fugus, derivative of fugere to flee) + -al¹

Related forms

cen·trif·u·gal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: centrifugal, centripetal.

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Its primary products include centrifugal pumps and reciprocating pumps.

Centrifugal force causes it to bulge at the equator.

She-the counterbalance and center of gravity to his centrifugal force-remains contained, cool.

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Its primary products include centrifugal pumps and reciprocating pumps.

Centrifugal force causes it to bulge at the equator.

She-the counterbalance and center of gravity to his centrifugal force-remains contained, cool.

L2 can be a bit tricky to understand, until you remember that there are also centrifugal forces to consider.

But the centrifugal force is a fake force if you want to be in the rotating frame of the pumpkin.

Her whole fictional project is a dream song of second-guessing in centrifugal time.

Placing a lidar in the centre of a turbine proved difficult, because of the centrifugal force generated by the turbine's rotation.

There is only so much centrifugal acceleration even carbon fiber can take.

Of the two, centrifugal is the more needed but also more likely to be used incorrectly.

Yet by the end, an infernal communal round had found spiritual release through some sort of centrifugal force.

Centrifugal force causes both materials to move to the edge of the disk.

There should be some sort of module that utilizes spin and centrifugal force to create some sort of gravity.

Centrifugal force is the force that makes something flee from the center.

America's cities will remain largely governed by centrifugal forces.

These bindings produce locally bound structures that can easily resist local centrifugal effects.

He knows that with enough speed through a turn, centrifugal force will whip road tar and tire rubber into an asphalt tsunami.

Yet some of these centrifugal forces are now waning.

It is closer to an ellipsoid, being flattened at the poles by the centrifugal force of its own rotation.

Carbon-fibre belts prevented the rapidly spinning parts from flying apart under their own centrifugal force.

Finally the repeated forms focus into a centrifugal force:.

There are a couple of major centrifugal challenges that shared governance faces.

As fluid swirls in a container, centrifugal force causes a rise in hydrostatic pressure from the center to the outer edge.

But that indecisive result has helped the centrifugal cause.

Rather than using weights or bands, the machine operates on a clutch mechanism that spins with centrifugal force as you push or.

These bindings' flexibility should be able to produce the linear centrifugal extensibility required of the of the spiral arms.

If you want more about the centrifugal force, here you.

Rotating fast enough, centrifugal acceleration would overcome gravity.

For the sliding guy, there is no centrifugal force.

Neutron stars lose energy and spin more slowly as they age, and the reduction in centrifugal force increases the core pressure.

Carrier later switched from piston power to the centrifugal chiller, which allowed much larger spaces to be cooled.

The bad news is that the new structure has exacerbated centrifugal forces.

It is a centrifugal force theater that moves in much the same manner as a space ship would in lift-off, flight and moon landing.

Simply spinning a regular tire at rocket-car speeds would probably create enough centrifugal force to tear it right off the.

Gravity and centrifugal force move blood into the fingers.

Much of the use of space was symmetrical and centrifugal.

Flagan contends that a centrifugal windstorm won't capture smaller particles, except by dumb luck.

Charlie circles tightly, and centrifugal forces make themselves felt in my abdomen.

He taught himself to spur constantly against that spin, a plea--as much as a command--for an end to centrifugal force.

It works by the centrifugal force of the bikes wheels spinning.

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World English Dictionary

centrifugal (sɛnˈtrɪfjʊɡ^əl, ˈsɛntrɪˌfjuːɡ^əl)

—*adj*
1.	Compare centripetal acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
2.	of, concerned with, or operated by centrifugal force: centrifugal pump
3.	botany (esp of certain inflorescences) developing outwards from a centre
4.	physiol another word for efferent

—n
5.	any device that uses centrifugal force for its action
6.	the rotating perforated drum in a centrifuge

[C18: from New Latin centrifugus, from centri- + Latin fugere to flee]

cen'trifugally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

centrifugal

c.1721, from Mod.L., coined 1687 by Sir Isaac Newton from L. centri- alternative comb. form of centrum "center" (see center) + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive).

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Medical Dictionary

centrifugal cen·trif·u·gal (sěn-trĭf'yə-gəl, -trĭf'ə-)
adj.

Moving or directed away from a center or axis.
Transmitting nerve impulses away from the central nervous system; efferent.

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Science Dictionary

centrifugal

(sěn-trĭf'yə-gəl, -trĭf'ə-) Pronunciation Key

Moving or directed away from a center or axis, usually as a result of being spun around the center or axis.
Operated in the manner of a centrifuge.
Transmitting nerve impulses away from the brain or spinal cord; efferent.
Developing or progressing outward from a center or axis, as in the growth of plant structures. For example, in a centrifugal inflorescence such as a cyme, the flowers in the center or tip open first while those on the edge open last. Compare centripetal.

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