Centrifugal /(?)/

Cen·trif·u·gal

Centrifugal

a.
  1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
  2. Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds

Centrifugal force
a force whose direction is from a center.
Centrifugal impression
an impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced.
Centrifugal machine
A machine for expelling water or other fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling table.
Centrifugal pump
a machine in which water or other fluid is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case. Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this kind.

Centrifugal

n.
  1. A centrifugal machine.