centripetal

Example Sentences

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A mere arm’s length away from one another, the riders stay steady, thanks to centripetal force and prayers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

A: The evidence suggests that there are centripetal forces that keep metropolitan areas from continually expanding outward, and that centripetal force is going to remain.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

He pursued engineering first, becoming an artist in 1967 — and he has essentially applied the technique of centripetal force in endless variations for more than five decades in his sculpture practice.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Traveling feet-first along the ladder, he soon had to grip it in earnest as the centripetal force of the rotating ship took hold.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir