Look up: Centrifugal


  1. centrifugal
    [adj] - tending away from centralization, as of authority 2. [adj] - conveying information to the muscles from the CNS 3. [adj] - tending to move away from a center
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  2. Centrifugal
    Tending to move away from the center, as in centrifuge which is used to separate parts of different density in a mixture. Centripetal is the force acting towards the center.
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  3. Centrifugal
    Cen·trif'u·gal adjective [ Latin centrum center + fugere to flee.] 1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. 2. (Botany) (a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower clust...
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  4. Centrifugal
    Cen·trif'u·gal noun A centrifugal machine.
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  5. centrifugal
    1. <physics> Denoting the direction of the force pulling an object outward (away) from an axis of rotation. ... 2. Sometimes, by analogy, extended to describe any movement away from a centre. ... Compare: eccentric. ... Origin: L. Centrum, centre, + fugio, to flee ... (24 Mar 2004) ...
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  6. centrifugal
    motor(a) adjective conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; `motor nerves`
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  7. centrifugal
    adjective tending away from centralization, as of authority; `the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress`
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  8. centrifugal
    adjective tending to move away from a center; `centrifugal force`
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  9. centrifugal
    (sen-trif´ә-gәl) moving away from a center. efferent (def. 1).
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  10. Centrifugal
    • (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. • (a.) Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. • (a.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. • (n.) A centrifugal machine.
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  11. centrifugal
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sen-trif′yū-găl Definitions: 1. Denoting the direction of the force pulling an object outward (away) from an axis of rotation. 2. Sometimes, by analogy, extended to describe any movement away from a center.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=16138

  12. Centrifugal
    In botany, centrifugal is a term applied to a kind of inflorescence, being that in which the terminal or central flower is the first to expand, as in a true cyme (examples being the elder and valerian).
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  13. centrifugal
    1) Outward-developing 2) Outward-moving
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/centrifugal/1

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