centrifugal

English

Etymology

From Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɹɪf(j)əɡəl/, /sɛntɹəˈfjuːɡəl/

Adjective

centrifugal (not comparable)

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.

Antonyms

centripetal

Derived terms

centrifugal force

Translations

tending, or causing, to recede from the center

Bulgarian: центробежен (centrobežen)
Czech: odstředivý m
Dutch: centrifugaal (nl), middelpuntvliedend (nl)
Finnish: keskipakoinen (fi), sentrifugaalinen (fi)
French: centrifuge (fr) m, f

Gujarati: કેન્દ્રત્યાગી (kendratyāgī)
Irish: lártheifeach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sentrifugal

Nynorsk: sentrifugal (nn)

expanding first at the summit, and later at the base

having the radicle turned towards the sides of the fruit

References

centrifugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
centrifugal Oxford Dictionaries on-line, Oxford University Press, 2012.

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