centrifugal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin centrum, center + fugere, (-fugal) to flee.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Antonyms

• centripetal

[edit] Derived terms

• centrifugal force

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

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