centripetal - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • acceleration: If a c is centripetal acceleration, then it equals delta-V / delta-t.
  • force: To move to a larger radius, first turn off the centripetal force, then apply the impulse once the new radius is reached.
  • attraction: The RCP resisted Labor's centripetal attraction longer than other parties which had flourished in the war.
  • movement: The centrifugal and centripetal movements of going out and bringing in are appropriately studied together.

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