Meaning

1 senses

  1. A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Centrifugal force is a fictitious force.

    deDie Zentrifugalkraft ist eine Scheinkraft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. This is centrifugal force; Newton viewed it as absolute motion.

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  3. This is centrifugal force, which Newton viewed as absolute motion.

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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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Forms

plural: centrifugals
Singularcentrifugal
Pluralcentrifugals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
centralB1centralizecentrallycentreA2centrismcentristcentrosome
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