centrifugal
adjective/ˌsentrɪˈfjuːɡl/, /senˈtrɪfjəɡl/
/senˈtrɪfjəɡl/
(specialist)- moving or tending to move away from a centreOxford Collocations DictionaryCentrifugal is used with these nouns:
- force
- tendency
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from modern Latin centrifugus, from Latin centrum (from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’) + -fugus ‘fleeing’ (from fugere ‘flee’).Definitions on the go
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