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outward-moving

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adj.1.moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve.
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Adj.1.outward-moving - moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
centrifugal - tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force"
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When flicked by a skilled whip-cracker, a whip curls into an outward-moving loop that accelerates because of the whip's taper.
Loud loop: new explanation of whip-snapping unfurls. (This Week) by Weiss, P. / Science News
Although Hubble Space Telescope images reveal that the collision has thus far lit up only a small section of the ring--the initial point of contact between the innermost protrusion of the ring and the outward-moving shock wave--the finding heralds a major event.
Shock wave revives fading supernova ring by Cowen, Ron / Science News
 
 
 
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