centrifugal
adjective
moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal).
centrifugally
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a word derived from
centrifugal.
Example Sentences
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At a busy intersection, “Small nimble vehicles, Fiats and VW Bugs, skimmed the periphery of the traffic, then seemed to be flung off centrifugally, almost gleefully, in some random direction.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
After beef blood has been centrifugally subdivided and left in metal test tubes awhile, its smell could level a city.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
Founded in 1945, L.A.SLEEVE CO. has been producing centrifugally spun-cast chrome-moly iron alloy cylinder sleeves for watercraft, motorcycle, snowmobile, ATV, marine, and automotive markets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Landing gear for bombers is also centrifugally cast by Ford.
From Time Magazine Archive
In these four cases the impulse was sent in the first place laterally, that is, in the same concentric row of tentacles, and then towards the centre; but not centrifugally, or towards the exterior tentacles.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
