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centrifugal force

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centrifugal force
n.
The apparent force, equal and opposite to the centripetal force, drawing a rotating body away from the center of rotation, caused by the inertia of the body.
centrifugal force
n
(Physics / General Physics) a fictitious force that can be thought of as acting outwards on any body that rotates or moves along a curved path
centrifugal force
An effect that seems to cause an object moving in a curve to be pushed away from the curve's center. Centrifugal force is not a true force but is actually the effect of inertia, in that the moving object's natural tendency is to move in a straight line. See Note at centripetal force.
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Noun1.centrifugal force - the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
centripetal force - the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body


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This motion, faithful to the laws of mechanics, would have been accelerated with the diminution of its volume; and a moment would have arrived when the centrifugal force would have overpowered the centripetal, which causes the molecules all to tend toward the center.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Centrifugal force hurled the particles of the nebulous center toward the crust as rapidly as they approached a solid state.
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At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired.
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