centrifugal
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
Other meanings
Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Related words
- centrifugalise
- centrifugalism
- centrifugalize
- centrifugally
- cytocentrifugal
- magnetocentrifugal
- ultracentrifugal
- centrifugal force
Word history
From Latin "centrum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “centrifugal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.