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1 Centrifugal adj [NL centrifugus, fr. centr- + L fugere to flee -more at Fugitive] [ca. 1721] 1: proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis 2: using or acting by centrifgual force [a __ pump] 3: Efferent 4: tending away from centralization: Separatist [__ tendencies in modern society]
2 Centrifugal [n [1866]: a centrigual machine or a drum in such a machine
Centrifugal Force n [ca. 1721] 1: the force that tends to impel a thing or parts of a thing outward from a center of rotation 2: the force that an object moving along a circular path exerts on the body constraining the object and that acts outwardly away from the center of rotation [a stone whirled on a string exerts centrifugal force on the string]
[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]
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