English Explanatory Dictionary

centrifugal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
  2. Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
  3. Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
noun
  1. A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

Pronunciation

/sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/ /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/ /sɛnˈtɹɪf.jʊ.ɡl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-centrifugal.wav

Word forms

centrifugal centrifugals

Etymology

From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.

Antonyms

centripetal

Derived words

centrifugal force centrifugalise centrifugalism centrifugalize centrifugally cytocentrifugal magnetocentrifugal ultracentrifugal
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