Lexic.us

Definition of Centrifugal

1. Adjective. Tending to move away from a center. "Centrifugal force"

2. Adjective. Tending away from centralization, as of authority. "The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress"

3. Adjective. Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS. "Motor nerves"

Definition of Centrifugal

1. a. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

2. n. A centrifugal machine.

Definition of Centrifugal

1. Adjective. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centrifugal

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Centrifugal

1. 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 centre. Compare: eccentric. Origin: L. Centrum, centre, + fugio, to flee (24 Mar 2004)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrifugal

centric fusion centric interocclusal record centric jaw relation centric occlusion centric position centric relation centrical centrically centricalness centriciput

centricities centricity centrick centries centrifical centrifugal (current term) centrifugal-force centrifugal casting centrifugal current centrifugal fast analyser

centrifugal force centrifugal forces centrifugal nerve centrifugal pump centrifugalisation centrifugalise centrifugally centrifugals centrifugate centrifugated

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