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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cen•trif•u•gal /sɛnˈtrɪfyəgəl, -əgəl/USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsmoving outward from the center(opposed to centripetal ):Centrifugal force causes a stone at the end of a rope to pull away from you when you twirl the rope.
cen•trif•u•gal•ly, adv. See -fug-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cen•trif•u•gal (sen trif′yə gəl, -ə gəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsmoving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal).
- Physicspertaining to or operated by centrifugal force:a centrifugal pump.
- Physiologyefferent.
n. - [Mach.]
- Mechanical Engineeringa machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force;
centrifuge. - Mechanical Engineeringa rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine.
- Neo-Latin centrifug(us) center-fleeing (centri- centri- + Latin -fugus, derivative of fugere to flee) + -al1
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