centrifugal

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Me: A combination of gravitational and centrifugal effects, which compete with one another, and vary along the length of the cable.

From Scientific American

But when you swivel to take in the glorious, centrifugal spectacle of the Guggenheim’s interior, the paintings you passed farther down the ramp smile back across a gaping void.

From Washington Post

At a busy intersection, “Small nimble vehicles, Fiats and VW Bugs, skimmed the periphery of the traffic, then seemed to be flung off centrifugally, almost gleefully, in some random direction.”

From Washington Post

But he argues they also need the centripetal force of “cultural patriotism,” to balance the centrifugal forces that this diversity ignites.

From Seattle Times

It’s vaguely redolent of the Gravitron — a county fair staple where I spent many a summer scooting myself upside down, pinned to its vinyl sides by centrifugal force.

From Los Angeles Times