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centrifugal force vs centripetal force

centrifugal force

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noun

  1. the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

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When the new mechanical stretcher is circumrotated with certain speed, cardiac myocytes attached on the plate are stretched and elongated by centrifugal force.

The trajectory of Ronell's writing is hard to chart because the centrifugal force of her thematic materials accelerates them into collisions with realia, whence new particles emerge.

`The moon revolves around the earth and the centrifugal force counteracts the force of gravity.

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centripetal force

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noun

  1. the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

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But a rotating craft exerts Coriolis forces, which work in a different direction from a centripetal force.

The majority of these maneuvers require the use of centripetal force to hold both surfer and board in the correct place on the wave.

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