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centripetal force en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.
   • A Centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or any way tend, towards a point as to a centre. 1726, Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published 1729:

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centrifugal force

Translations (52)

bg центростремителна сила (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ml അഭികേന്ദ്രബലം (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ga fórsa láraimsitheach (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ja 向心力 (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ja 求心力 (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · pl siła dośrodkowa (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · af middelpuntsoekende krag (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · sv centripetalkraft (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · cy grym mewngyrchol (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · fa نیروی مرکزگرا (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · el κεντρομόλος δύναμη (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · tl tungaing isig (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · no sentripetalkraft (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · tr merkezcil kuvvet (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · lv centrtieces spēks (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · fr force centripète (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · fi sentripetaalivoima (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ar قوة جذب مركزي (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · hu centripetális erő (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ko 구심력 (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · bn কেন্দ্রমুখী বল (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · it forza centripeta (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ca força centrípeta (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ms daya memusat (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · nl middelpuntzoekende kracht (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · gl forza centrípeta (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · pt força centrípeta (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · de Zentripetalkraft (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · hy կենտրոնաձիգ ուժ (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ast fuercia centrípeta (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · cs dostředivá síla (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · hi अभिकेन्द्रीय बल (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · da centripetalkraft (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · id gaya sentripetal (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · et tsentripetaaljõud (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · tl gitisig (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ro forță centripetă (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · fi keskihakuvoima (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · cmn 向心力 (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · eu indar zentripetu (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · is miðsóknarkraftur (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · lt įcentrinė jėga (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · uk доцентрова сила (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · sq forca qendërsynuese (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ka ცენტრისკენული ძალა (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ru центростремительная си́ла (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · ur مرکز مائل قوت (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · sk dostredivá sila (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · es fuerza centrípeta (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · fi keskihakuisvoima (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · eo centripeta forto (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation) · mk центрипетална сила (the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation)