centrifugal

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Introduction

In reference to a force pulling an object away from an axis of rotation. Technically, there is no such force. It represents the tendency of a body in motion to continue motion in the same direction and at the same speed (i.e. maintenance of velocity) (Opposite of centripetal)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999