centrifugal

English

Etymology

From Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛnˈtɹɪf(j)əɡəl/, SAMPA: /sEn"trIf(j)@g@l/

Adjective

Wikipedia

centrifugal (not comparable)

1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
3. (botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.

Antonyms

• centripetal

Derived terms

• centrifugal force

Translations

tending, or causing, to recede from the center

Bulgarian: центробежен (bg) Czech: odstředivý (cs) m. Finnish: keskipakoinen, sentrifugaalinen

French: centrifuge (fr) m. and f. Irish: lártheifeach (ga)

expanding first at the summit, and later at the base

having the radicle turned towards the sides of the fruit

References

• centrifugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913