centrifugal vs centripetal

centrifugal

Definitions

adjective

  1. tending away from centralization, as of authority
  2. tending to move away from a center
  3. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

Examples

These are the ones with a fixed wheel and a heavy flywheel with loads of centrifugal force.

Mineral process of hematite in the early time often adopted gravity separation, and it mainly included jig, centrifugal separator, spiral chute, spiral concentrator, shaking table and so on.

When the sealed ends are cold and the blood has clotted, place the pipette on the centrifuge, clean end downward; counterpoise and centrifugalise thoroughly.

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centripetal

Definitions

adjective

  1. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
  2. tending to unify
  3. tending to move toward a center

Examples

But things were in the melting-pot, centripetalism had gone; little dynasties flared up quickly and expired; and amidst all those lightning changes there was no time for progress, or deep concerns, or for the Soul of the Black-haired

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

Under their influence, all subordinate worlds would be carried away into space, were it not for the complementary Law of Gravitation Attraction, that is, the centripetal force.

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