centrifugal
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centrifugal
- /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/ US
- /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/ UK
- /sɛnˈtɹɪf.jʊ.ɡl̩/ UK, rare
Where it comes from
From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.
adjective
- Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
- Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Opposite: centripetal
noun centrifugals
- A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses. Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: motor, efferent, decentralizing, outward-developing, outward-moving, centrifugence, elutriation, centrifuge, outward, radial, radiating, divergent, dispersive, diffusive, spreading, expanding
adjective
Opposite: centripetal
Translations
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adj tending, or causing, to recede from the center
| Français | centrifuge |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | zentrifugal |
| Ελληνικά | φυγόκεντρος fygókentros |
| Русский | центробе́жный centrobéžnyj |
| العربية | نَابِذ nābiḏ |
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title = {centrifugal},
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