centrifugal force en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) 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).
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Statistics Codex entry:
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, qualifier:erroneous, uncountable) Centripetal force.
The abolition of feudal serfdom in 1861 and the demand for wage labor created by industrialization drew large numbers of peasants to the growing cities in search of paid work. It was this centrifugal force of capitalism in Russia that centralized an urban industrial class in the 1880s and 1890s.
2004 July 15, Leslie Feinberg, “Roots of Russian 'homosexual subculture'”, in Workers World:
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Translations (56)
es fuerza centrífuga (force) · ga fórsa lártheifeach (force) · fi keskipakoisvoima (force) · ru центробе́жная си́ла (force) · he כוח צנטריפוגלי (force) · pl siła odśrodkowa (force) · eo centrifuga forto (force) · eu indar zentrifugo (force) · ta மையவிலக்கு விசை (force) · ml അപകേന്ദ്രബലം (force) · fr force centrifuge (force) · ko 원심력 (force) · fa نیروی گریز از مرکز (force) · de Fliehkraft (force) · it forza centrifuga (force) · ja 遠心力 (force) · hy կենտրոնախույս ուժ (force) · sv centrifugalkraft (force) · nb sentrifugalkraft (force) · hi अपकेन्द्रिय बल (force) · te అపకేంద్రబలం (force) · is miðflóttakraftur (force) · da centrifugalkraft (force) · nn sentrifugalkraft (force) · ca força centrífuga (force) · ast fuercia centrífuga (force) · bg центробежна сила (force) · pt força centrífuga (force) · th แรงหนีศูนย์กลาง (force) · ar قوة الطرد المركزي (force) · my ဗဟိုခွာအား (force) · gl forza centrífuga (force) · mk центрифугална сила (force) · de Zentrifugalkraft (force) · nl middelpuntvliedende kracht (force) · sk odstredivá sila (force) · ro forță centrifugă (force) · hu centrifugális erő (force) · tr merkezkaç kuvveti (force) · es inercia centrífuga (force) · kk центрден тепкіш күш (force) · af middelpuntvliedende krag (force) · cmn 離心力 /离心力 (force) · el φυγόκεντρος δύναμη (force) · cs odstředivá síla (force) · ur مرکز گریز قوت (force) · vi lực li tâm (force) · et tsentrifugaaljõud (force) · be цэнтрабежная сіла (force) · tl basisig (force) · ms daya emparan (force) · az mərkəzdənqaçma qüvvəsi (force) · ka ცენტრიდანული ძალა (force) · id gaya sentrifugal (force) · uk відцентрова сила (force) · bn কেন্দ্রবিমুখী বল (force)