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centrifugal (iou)



centrifugal adjective & noun. E18.
[from mod. Latin centrifugus, from centrum CENTRE noun + -fugus fleeing, from fugere flee: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Moving or tending to move away from a centre (lit. & fig.; opp. centripetal); centrifugal force, (the inertial force causing) the tendency of a body rotating about a centre to move outwards from that centre. E18.
Of a machine, process, etc.: employing centrifugal force or motion. Of a product: obtained by the use of such a machine. M18.
Chiefly Botany. Developing or progressing from the centre outwards. M19.
b. noun. A centrifugal machine; a centrifuge. M19.
centrifu'gality noun M20.
centrifugali'zation noun the process of centrifugalizing E20.
centrifugalize verb trans. subject to a centrifugal force or process L19.
centrifugally adverb E19.