Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.

    Zentripetalkraft

    центростремительная си́лаcentrostremitelʹnaja síla

    доцентрова силаdocentrova syla

    the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation:
Русский
By meaning 1
the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation:

Forms

plural: centripetal forces

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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