different between centripetal vs centrifugal
centripetal
English
Etymology
From New Latin coined by Sir Isaac Newton, from Latin centrum (“center”) + pet?, petere (“seek, aim”) +? -al.
Adjective
centripetal (not comparable)
- Directed or moving towards a centre.
- Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force.
- (neuroanatomy, of a nerve impulse) Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?n?t??p?t?l/, /?s?nt???pi?t?l/
Antonyms
- centrifugal
Derived terms
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From German zentripetal
Adjective
centripetal m or n (feminine singular centripetal?, masculine plural centripetali, feminine and neuter plural centripetale)
- centripetal
Declension
centripetal From the web:
- what centripetal force
- what centripetal acceleration
- what centripetal acceleration show that a =
- what are 3 examples of centripetal force
- what is an example of a centripetal force
centrifugal
English
Etymology
From Latin centrum (“center”) + fugi? (“to flee”) +? -al, probably coined by Christiaan Huygens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?n?t??f(j)???l/, /s?nt???fju???l/
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
Noun
centrifugal (plural centrifugals)
- A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
- 1993, James C. P. Chen, Chung Chi Chou, Cane Sugar Handbook
- Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action.
- 2011, H. Panda, The Complete Book on Sugarcane Processing and By-Products of Molasses
- Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.
- 1993, James C. P. Chen, Chung Chi Chou, Cane Sugar Handbook
References
- centrifugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- centrifugal Oxford Dictionaries on-line, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From German zentrifugal
Adjective
centrifugal m or n (feminine singular centrifugal?, masculine plural centrifugali, feminine and neuter plural centrifugale)
- centrifugal
Declension
centrifugal From the web:
- what centrifugal force
- what centrifugal pressures are at work in spain
- what centrifugal pump
- what centrifugal means
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