centrifugal
Tending, or causing, to recede from the centerTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
» Centrifugal force is a fictitious force.
Die Zentrifugalkraft ist eine Scheinkraft.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
zentrifugal
центробе́жныйcentrobéžnyj
tending to move away from a center
(not comparable)Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(not comparable)Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Examples
3 sentencesCentrifugal force is a fictitious force.
deDie Zentrifugalkraft ist eine Scheinkraft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This is centrifugal force; Newton viewed it as absolute motion.
This is centrifugal force, which Newton viewed as absolute motion.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) +From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- conveying information to the muscles from the CNS:motor