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centripetal force

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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  • The majority of these maneuvers require the use of centripetal force to hold both surfer and board in the correct place on the wave.
  • We have what we call in Sanskrit _dvandva_, a series of opposites in creation; such as, the positive pole and the negative, the centripetal force and the centrifugal, attraction and repulsion. Sadhana : the realisation of life
  • The second force, which balances the gravitational attraction, is known as the centripetal force.
  • That force which opposes itself to this endeavor, and by which the sling continually draws back the stone toward the hand and retains it in its orbit, because it is directed to the hand as the center of the orbit, I call the centripetal force. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  • [3] If the periodic times are in the sesquiplicate ratio of the radii, and therefore the velocities reciprocally in the subduplicate ratio of the radii, the centripetal forces will be in the duplicate ratio of the radii inversely; and the converse. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science
  • At this distance the force of gravity provided by the planet is equal to the centripetal force required.
  • -- This attraction of the earth, which gives articles the property of weight, is termed centripetal force -- that is, the drawing in of a body. Practical Mechanics for Boys
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