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Meaning of 'centrifugal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Centrifugal [ a.]
- Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
- Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
2 . Centrifugal [ n.]
- A centrifugal machine.

Meaning of 'centrifugal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . centrifugal [ a]
Meaning (1):
- tending to move away from a center
Example in sentence:
  • centrifugal force
2 . centrifugal [ s]
Meaning (2):
- conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
Example in sentence:
  • motor nerves
Meaning (3):
- tending away from centralization, as of authority
Example in sentence:
  • the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress

Nearby Words:

cenanthy cenation cenatory cenobite cenobitic cenobitical cenobitism cenogamy cenotaph cenotaphy

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