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

Typed by Harrison

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