Definitions from Wiktionary (centrifugal force)

▸ noun:  In everyday understanding, the effect that tends to move an object away from the center of a circle it is rotating about (a consequence of inertia).
▸ noun:  (physics) In a rotating reference frame, the apparent force that seems to push all bodies away from the centre of rotation of the frame and is a consequence of the body's mass and the frame's angular speed. It works in conjunction with the Coriolis force to give correct motion.
▸ noun:  (physics) In circular motion, the 'reactive' centrifugal force is a real force applied by the accelerating body that is equal and opposite to the centripetal force that is acting on the accelerating body.
▸ noun:  (physics) In polar coordinates, the apparent radial force that acts away from the center and is a consequence of the body's angular speed around the origin.
▸ noun:  (erroneous) Centripetal force.




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