Centrifugal
[,sentrɪ'fjuːg(ə)l;sen'trɪfjʊg(ə)l] or [sɛn'trɪfjəgl
Definition
(adj.) tending to move away from a center; 'centrifugal force' .
(adj.) conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; 'motor nerves' .
(adj.) tending away from centralization, as of authority; 'the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress' .
Typist: Vance--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
(a.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(a.) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
(n.) A centrifugal machine.
Edited by Elise
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Tending from the centre.
Typist: Pierce
Definition
adj. relating to the force directed towards the centre of curvature constantly required to keep a body moving in a curve instead of in its natural straight line: (bot.) applied to an inflorescence when the development proceeds from the apex towards the base of the axis or leaf as opposed to centripetal when it is from the base upwards towards the apex.—n. Cen′trifuge a centrifugal machine.
Typed by Harrison
Examples
- The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The centrifugal pump, invented by Euler in 1754, was taken up in the nineteenth century and greatly improved. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To Huygens Newton was indebted for the laws of centrifugal force. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Other mechanical processes consist of _separators_ of various descriptions--a prominent one of which acts on the principal of centrifugal force. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Many irrigating systems use centrifugal pumps to force water over long distances and to supply it in quantities sufficient for vast agricultural needs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The simple kind of Centrifugal Pump applied in that chimerical scheme was known upwards of one hundred years ago. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It is dispersive, centrifugal, dissipating. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Centrifugal pump with part of the casing] cut away to show the wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The term _rotary_, broadly speaking, includes turbine and centrifugal pumps. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The force of gravity and the centrifugal force sufficed to maintain in its orbit each successive planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Still another method is to allow the melted metal to fall on a revolving disk, which divides it into drops by centrifugal action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There is little axis of direction in the energies put forth; they are largely dispersive and centrifugal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Centrifugal pumps have been used with great success in lifting large bodies of water to a moderate height, and for draining marshes and other low lands. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After concentration the crystallized sugar is separated from the syrup by a centrifugal filter, in which the liquid is thrown from the crystallized sugar by centrifugal action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is, therefore, only at comparatively low levels that the Centrifugal Pump is a useful engine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In the centrifugal skimmer the milk is continuously poured in through a funnel, and the cream runs out continuously through one spout, and the skimmed milk at the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The old method of straining honey has long since been replaced by the centrifugal honey extractor, which simply empties the cells of honey, not injuring the combs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first centrifugal filter is shown in British patent to Joshua Bates, No. 6,068, of 1831. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The pump or suction dredge operates by means of a flexible pipe connected with a powerful centrifugal pump. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are competing claims to the invention of Centrifugal Pumps in the form now adopted. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The centrifugal milk skimmer is an interesting type of this class of machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Only in this way can the centrifugal forces set up by juxtaposition of different groups within one and the same political unit be counteracted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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