centrifugal

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So man gets the water out by pouring more water in THE HELP OF INERTIA Since the time of David many boys have swung pebbles by a string, or sling, and felt the pull of what we call a centrifugal (center-fleeing) force.

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  1. adjective Moving or directed away from a center or axis.
  2. adjective Operated by means of centrifugal force.
  3. adjective Physiology Transmitting nerve impulses away from the central nervous system; efferent.

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  • Turbochargers always use centrifugal-flow compressors, which operate efficiently at the high rotational speeds produced by the exhaust turbine. —  Automotive News Blog at CARandDRIVER.com - Car News Resource
  • This tub-design combined with the spin extracts more water, as the centrifugal force causes the water to channel towards the tub holes and properly exit the machine. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The lines of force in these rural societies are often profoundly centrifugal, reflecting a highly fragmented array of influences. —  Ismaili Mail
  • Therefore, not only in the atomic world is heat a repulsive motion, but equally in the solar world, which is but an atomic world on a large scale, the same principle prevails, and the effect of radiant heat is essentially a repulsive, that is, a centrifugal motion, as it is always directed from the central body, the sun Further, it can be shown that the repulsive power of heat in the solar system has already received the attention of scientists, especially in France. —  Aether and Gravitation
  • The wonder is no longer within me, my own dark, centrifugal, exultant self. —  Fantasia of the Unconscious
 

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  1. From New Latin centrifugus : Latin centrum, center; see center + Latin fugere, to flee.

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  1. Cf. French centrifuge = Spanish centrifugo = Portuguese Italian centrifugo; from New Latin centrifugus, from Latin centrum, the center, + fugere, flee: see fugacious, fugue, etc.
 

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