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Definition of: centrifugal

(sen·trifyə·gəl, -ə·gəl) adjective
1. Directed or tending away from a center; radiating: opposed to centripetal.
2. Employing centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump.
3. Bot. a Developing from the center or apex outward, or toward the base; determinate, b Turned from the center toward the side of a fruit, as a radicle.
4. Physiol. Leading away from the central nervous system; efferent.
noun

1. The drum-like rotary part of a centrifuge or other centrifugal machine.
2. plural Sugars from which the molasses has been removed by a centrifugal machine: also centrifugal sugar. [<NL centrifugus <L centrum center + fugere flee]
—cen·trif′u·gal·ly
adverb

Most often used phrases:

centrifugal pump
centrifugal compressor
centrifugal pumps
centrifugal compressors
centrifugal clutch
centrifugal fan
centrifugal governor
centrifugal casting
centrifugal acceleration
centrifugal supercharger
centrifugal superchargers
centrifugal fans
centrifugal effects
centrifugal switch
centrifugal separation

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