centrifugal

adjradiating from a central point

Synonyms for centrifugal

adj radiating from a central point

Antonyms for centrifugal

centripetal

Word Origin & History

1690s, with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Modern Latin centrifugus, 1687, coined by Sir Isaac Newton (who wrote in Latin) in "Principia" (which is written in Latin), from Latin centri- alternative comb. form of centrum "center" (see center (n.)) + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive). Centrifugal force is Newton's vis centrifuga.

Example Sentences for centrifugal

My talent—if that's what you call it—was centrifugal, not centripetal.

Here the centrifugal gravity was less than it had been in the hold.

That was because if there were no inertia there would be no centrifugal force.

It is centrifugal force that makes you slide away from the center and off at the edge.

The heavier things are, the harder they are thrown out by centrifugal force.

It is all thrown to the other side by the centrifugal force.

The centrifugal force has been overbalanced by the centripetal.

The centrifugal pump was thrown in at the last desperate moment.

There are also other phenomena which demand a Centrifugal Force in the universe.

We will consider first the effect of the centrifugal motion.

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