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Definitions of centrifugal
  1. adjective
    conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

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  2. adjective
    tending away from centralization, as of authority
    "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress"
  3. adjective
    tending to move away from a center
    "centrifugal force"
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Definition that contains centrifugal
  • bank a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  • cant a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  • centrifuge an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
  • extractor an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
  • camber a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  • separator an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
  • dynamic balance (aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced
  • spin-dry dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces
  • spin drier a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it
  • centrifugal pump a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe
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