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Meanings of centripetal force in anglès

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The inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body.

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Examples for "centrifugal force"
Examples for "centrifugal force"
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The centrifugal force produced by the spinning gave them an artificial gravity.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
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He developed laws of centrifugal force for uniform motion in a circle.
Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 177...
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The body resists this deflection, and this resistance is its centrifugal force.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
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If you think centrifugal force is real, this also should be real.
Wired
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The device spins the cartridge, using centrifugal force to isolate sperm cells.
The Guardian
Usage of centripetal force in anglès
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The centrifugal tendency could no longer be controlled by the centripetal force.
The Soul of the Far East
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It is important to note that centripetal force is still some force.
Wired
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With this definition, centripetal force would be real and centrifugal not real.
Wired
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Most textbooks use the centripetal force term and use it correctly.
Wired
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Outward circumstances form the centripetal force, which keeps us in ours.
Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
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In the world this directing is called centripetal force, also gravitation.
Heaven and its Wonders and Hell
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You see, the district-attorney's office represents the centripetal force of society.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
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Victor followed them, already feeling the centripetal force pull him to the floor.
Earth Unaware
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When spinning, centripetal force produces tension in the dough and stretches it out.
Wired
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May not this so-called centripetal force be identical with terrestrial gravitation?
A History of Science — Volume 2
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In this case, the tension would be the centripetal force.
Wired
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Overcoming that tension requires a centripetal force that exceeds it.
Wired
13
I felt a tug, like static electricity or centripetal force, pulling me toward him.
The Water Witch
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It's the centrifugal force (not to be confused with the centripetal force).
Wired
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Thus the spokes might be likened to centripetal force.
The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
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The centripetal force is exerted on the radial line, as on the line, A O, Fig.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
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