centrifugal
IPA: sˈɛntrɪfjugʌɫ
noun
- A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
adjective
- Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- (botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
- (botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
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Examples of "centrifugal" in Sentences
- The centrifugal force acts on the motorbike.
- The centrifugal force will pull the string taut.
- It is due to the effect of the centrifugal force.
- The centrifugal force then pulls the string taut.
- The centrifugal force is the outward acting force.
- Likewise with the centrifugal force in the inertial path.
- One is the centrifugal and the other the centripetal force.
- It contains the centripetal force and the centrifugal force.
- The centrifugal force is caused to exist by the centripetal force.
- It is in fact the most general manifestation of the centrifugal force.
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