ALL meanings of centrifugal
cen·trif·u·gal
C c - adjective centrifugal acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre 3
- adjective centrifugal of, concerned with, or operated by centrifugal force 3
- adjective centrifugal (esp of certain inflorescences) developing outwards from a centre 3
- noun centrifugal any device that uses centrifugal force for its action 3
- noun centrifugal the rotating perforated drum in a centrifuge 3
- adjective centrifugal moving or tending to move away from a center 3
- adjective centrifugal using or acted on by centrifugal force 3
- adjective centrifugal developing from the center outward, as certain flower clusters 3
- adjective centrifugal conveying away from a center; efferent 3
- noun centrifugal a machine that uses or causes centrifugal movement 3
- noun centrifugal Moving or tending to move away from a center. 1
- adjective centrifugal moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal). 1
- adjective centrifugal pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump. 1
- adjective centrifugal Physiology. efferent. 1
- adjective centrifugal force, motion: from the centre 1
- noun centrifugal Machinery. a machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force; a centrifuge. a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine. 1
- adjective centrifugal Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. 0
- adjective centrifugal (botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. 0
- adjective centrifugal (botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. 0