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centripetal |
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centripetal 1. acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre 2. of, concerned with, or operated by centripetal force 3. Botany (esp of certain inflorescences) developing from the outside towards the centre 4. Physiol another word for afferent centripetal [‚sen′trip·əd·əl] (mechanics) Acting or moving in a direction toward the axis of rotation or the center of a circle along which a body is moving. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This motion, faithful to the laws of mechanics, would have been accelerated with the diminution of its volume; and a moment would have arrived when the centrifugal force would have overpowered the centripetal, which causes the molecules all to tend toward the center. Under the centripetal force, the base of the projectile tended toward the moon; but the centrifugal still prevailed; and it was probable that its rectilineal course would be changed to a curve of some sort, the nature of which they could not at present determine. What I think of on this point is, when self is the fixed point the centripetal force is balanced with the centrifugal. |
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