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retarding force

NOUN
  1. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

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  • The force which draws the revolving body continually to the center, or the deflecting force, is called the centripetal force, and, aside from the impelling and retarding forces which act in the direction of its motion, the centripetal force is, dynamically speaking, the only force which is exerted on the body. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
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