— centrifugally , adv.
/sen trif"yeuh geuhl, -euh geuhl/ , adj.
1. moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal ).
2. pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump.
3. Physiol. efferent.
n.
4. Mach.
a. a machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force; centrifuge.
b. a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine.
[ 1715-25; centrifug ( us ) center-fleeing ( centri- CENTRI- + L -fugus, deriv. of fugere to flee) + -AL 1 ]