centrifugal

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/ UK /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #46253

Meanings

1

adj
tending to move away from a center

Centrifugal force.
2

adj
tending away from centralization, as of authority

The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress.
3

noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action.
4

adj
conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

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Synonyms

4 adj · conveying information to... motor

Opposites

centripetal

Word family

Forms centrifugally

Derived forms centrifugalisecentrifugalismcentrifugalizecentrifugallycytocentrifugalmagnetocentrifugalultracentrifugal

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centrifugal pump
a pump that moves fluid outward using a rotating mechanism

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# centrifugal

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 46253

## Meanings
1. tending to move away from a center
2. tending away from centralization, as of authority
3. A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
4. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

## Examples
- Centrifugal force.
- The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress.
- Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action.

## Antonyms
- centripetal

## Derived Forms
- centrifugalise
- centrifugalism
- centrifugalize
- centrifugally
- cytocentrifugal
- magnetocentrifugal
- ultracentrifugal

## Etymology
From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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