centrifugal force
English
Noun
centrifugal force (countable and uncountable, plural centrifugal forces)
- In everyday understanding, the effect that tends to move an object away from the center of a circle it is rotating about (a consequence of inertia).
- (physics) In a rotating reference frame, the apparent force that seems to push all bodies away from the centre of rotation of the frame and is a consequence of the body's mass and the frame's angular speed. It works in conjunction with the Coriolis force to give correct motion.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, via PC, →ISBN, →OCLC, scene: Citadel Station: Statistics Codex entry:
- Although the Citadel is equipped with mass-effect-generating element-zero cores, most of the gravity on the station is generated by the centrifugal force of rotation.
- (physics) In circular motion, the 'reactive' centrifugal force is a real force applied by the accelerating body that is equal and opposite to the centripetal force that is acting on the accelerating body.
- (physics) In polar coordinates, the apparent radial force that acts away from the center and is a consequence of the body's angular speed around the origin.
Translations
force
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