Centrifugal

What do we mean by centrifugal?

Moving or directed away from a center or axis. adjective

Operated by means of centrifugal force. adjective

Transmitting nerve impulses away from the central nervous system; efferent. adjective

Developing or progressing outward from a center or axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center and the youngest flowers are near the edge. adjective

Tending or directed away from centralization, as of authority. adjective

Flying off or proceeding from a center; radiating or sent outward from a focus or central point: opposed to centripetal: as, centrifugal force or energy; centrifugal rays or spokes.

Operating by radial action; producing effects by centrifugal force: as, a centrifugal filter, pump, or machine. (See phrases below.)

In psychology, moving from the brain to the periphery.

Plural Sugars made in a centrifugal machine. noun

A drum in a centrifugal machine. noun

Obtained (as milk or cream) by the *centrifugal method (which see).

A trade-name for any machine which employs centrifugal force to separate a liquid from a solid or to separate liquids of different specific gravities. noun

A centrifugal machine. noun

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. adjective

Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. adjective

Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. adjective

A force whose direction is from a center. adjective

An impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced. adjective

A machine for expelling water or other fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling table. adjective

A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

Words that are spelled similarly to centrifugal:
centrifugal, centrafugal, centrifuge, centrifuged, centrifuges, centrifugals, centrifugate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word centrifugal:
centripetal, impeller, coriolis, compressor, separator, supercharger, pumps, centrifuge, alopecia, blower, axial, clutch, pump, absorber, annular, inertial, slurry, acceleration, reciprocating, clutches, rotating, turbine, sedimentation, rotor, gravitational, pendulum, fictitious, rotation, outward, equator, gravity, euler, airflow, casting, pumping, molten, throttle, radial, mold, stationary, vortex, distortion, spinning, combustion, piston, shaft, force, liquid, kinetic, exhaust, blades, rpm, gears, fan, reactive, angular, velocity, tendencies, fluid, particles, compression, rotary, screw, separation, inlet, axis, displacement, coordinate, radius, compressed, frame, valve, vacuum, flow, discharge, driven, cooling, tension, spin, patented, particle, friction, hydraulic, filter, wheel, engine, thrust, switch, steam, speed, motion, newton, pressure, gear, cylinder, circular, jet, static, forces, constant.

Words that rhyme with centrifugal:
google, frugal, googol, bugle, fugal, kugel, bluegill, fugle, blue bugle, dougal, mcdougall, yellow bugle, hugel, dougall, creeping bugle, mew gull, macdougall, mcdougal, erect bugle, pyramid bugle, macdougal, mcdougle, blue gill, coogle, dougl, gugel, mcdugal.

Adjectives that are often used to describe centrifugal:
centripetal, other, more, stage, continuous, vertical, driven, high, horizontal, strong, large, speed, small, powerful, true, ordinary, metric, second, modern, rotary, most, standard, priming, equal, inch, curved, double, typical, longitudinal, inherently, less, simple, conventional, latter, very, dry, corresponding, straight, automatic, larger, called, compare, grade, diverse, suction, multistage, wet, empty, comparable, slow, apparent, external, usual, composite, magnetic, tubular, type, opposite, ipsilateral, balancing, covered, secondary, solid, strange, cooled.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective centrifugal:
force, pump, pumps, forces, tendencies, compressor, action, compressors, type, governor, machine, tendency, acceleration, fan, casting, fans, field, effect, separation, movement, separator, machines, effects, switch, process, motion, method, fibers, barrier, elutriation, separators, direction, blower, device, impeller, sugar, pull, flow, distortion, fibres, potential, tension, mechanism, blowers, couple, term, clutch, stress, pattern, head, fields, governors, impulses, movements, apparatus, spread, castings, analyzer, extractor, advance, sedimentation, chillers, increases, impellers, load, pressures, ion, impulse, influences, chiller, extractors, cream, supercharger, expansion, chromatography, filtration, filter, loading, stresses, discharge.

Words that sound like centrifugal:
centrifugal, centrifugally, centrifugate, centrifuging, centrifugalize, centrifuges, intrafusal, febrifugal, kontrafagott, contractile.