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

Literary usage of Centrifugal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"centrifugal Pumps HYDRAULICS construction are illustrated and described. ... 86131 С centrifugal Pumps. EF Doty. Explains the necessary elements of tne ..."

2. Mechanics by Lewis Raymond Smith (1922)
"The force with which the particle tends to leave the center s known as centrifugal force. The equal and opposite balancing force is known as centripetal ..."

3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1905)
"It is, perhaps, not generally known to the average reader that great improvements have been made in centrifugal pumping in the last decade, ..."

4. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"Bodies laid on the tables in different ways are made to participate in their rotary motions, and thus the laws of the centrifugal force may be observed. ..."

5. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1905)
"The design of centrifugal fans has a field peculiarly its own, and while it is true that the same general laws govern the design of centrifugal pumps and ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"IN the governors attached to steam and other engines and in various other apparatus, springs are used under the influence of centrifugal force. ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"For this reason, centrifugal apparatus constructed of fragile material ... For the same reason rapidly revolving centrifugal apparatus should never be ..."

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