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CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does centrifugal force mean?

• CENTRIFUGAL FORCE (noun)
The noun CENTRIFUGAL FORCE has 1 sense:

1. the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

Familiarity information: CENTRIFUGAL FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CENTRIFUGAL FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

centrifugal force ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("centrifugal force" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Antonym:

centripetal force (the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)

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