centrifugal
[sen-trif-yuh-guh l, -uh-guh l]
adjective
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; a centrifuge.
- a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine.
Origin of centrifugal
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deviating, divergent, eccentric, outward, radial, spiral, diffusive, efferentExamples from the Web for centrifugal
Contemporary Examples of centrifugal
Historical Examples of centrifugal
My talent—if that's what you call it—was centrifugal, not centripetal.
Here the centrifugal gravity was less than it had been in the hold.
In the Orbit of SaturnRoman Frederick Starzl
That was because if there were no inertia there would be no centrifugal force.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
The heavier things are, the harder they are thrown out by centrifugal force.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
It is centrifugal force that makes you slide away from the center and off at the edge.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
centrifugal
adjective
noun
Word Origin for centrifugal
C18: from New Latin centrifugus, from centri- + Latin fugere to flee
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[sĕn-trĭf′yə-gəl, -trĭf′ə-]
adj.
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