Centrifugal Definition

sĕn-trĭfyə-gəl, -trĭfə-
adjective
Moving or tending to move away from a center.
Webster's New World
Using or acted on by centrifugal force.
Webster's New World
Transmitting nerve impulses away from the central nervous system; efferent.
American Heritage Medicine
Developing from the center outward, as certain flower clusters.
Webster's New World
Conveying away from a center; efferent.
Webster's New World
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noun
A machine that uses or causes centrifugal movement.
Webster's New World

Origin of Centrifugal

  • From New Latin centrifugus Latin centrum center center Latin fugere to flee

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin centrifugus Latin centrum center center Latin fugere to flee

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) +‎ -al.

    From Wiktionary

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