[cen.trif.u.gal] adj [NL centrifugus, fr. centr- + L fugere to flee--more at fugitive] (ca. 1721) 1: proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
2: using or acting by centrifugal force "a ~ pump"
3: efferent
4: tending away from centralization: separatist "~ tendencies in modern society" -- cen.trif.u.gal.ly adv
[2]centrifugal n (1866): a centrifugal machine or a drum in such a machine