| 单词 | centripetal tendency |
| 释义 | > as lemmascentripetal tendency b. Directed toward the centre of a circle, esp. as a result of the action of a centripetal force; involving or relating to a centripetal force; as centripetal acceleration, centripetal tendency, etc. ΚΠ 1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. ii. 54 The resistence of the Medium cannot alter the Centripetal Motion, (so I call that whereby the Planet tends towards the Sun). 1784 T. Dewell Philos. Physic p. xi The most regular and uniform process of centripetal and centrifugal agency is always going on beyond the earth's atmosphere. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. 306 Were the centrifugal tendency to cease, the centripetal force would be uncontrolled, and the body would fall upon the attracting mass. 1884 A. Daniell Text Bk. Princ. Physics v. 72 The resultant of its tangential and its centripetal motions is an elliptical path which is approximately circular. 1948 J. G. Albright College Physics x. 119 Centripetal acceleration..results in a change in the vector part of the body's velocity, its direction, and not in the magnitude or scalar part. 2009 S. Priwer & C. Phillips Mod. Wonders (2015) vii. 96 Another physical principle that can be illustrated with a Ferris wheel is centripetal motion. < as lemmas |
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