CENTRIFUGAL


Meaning of CENTRIFUGAL in English

/ ˌsentrɪˈfjuːgl; NAmE ; senˈtrɪfjəgl/ adjective

( technical ) moving or tending to move away from a centre

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WORD ORIGIN

early 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).

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