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centrifugally
Variant of centrifugal
adjective
- moving or tending to move away from a center
- using or acted on by centrifugal force
- Bot. developing from the center outward, as certain flower clusters
- Physiol. conveying away from a center; efferent
noun
a machine that uses or causes centrifugal movement
Related Forms:
- centrifugally adverb
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