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==Etymology==
New Latin centrifugus, from centr- + [[Latin]] fugere to flee
*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1721]
==Definitions==
*1 : proceeding or [[acting]] in a direction away from a [[center]] or [[axis]]
*2 : using or acting by centrifugal [[force]] <a centrifugal pump>
*3 : efferent
*4 : tending away from centralization : separatist <centrifugal tendencies in modern [[society]]>
==Description==
'''Centrifugal''' [[force]] (from [[Latin]] centrum "center" and fugere "to flee") [[represents]] the [[effects]] of [[inertia]] that arise in [[connection]] with [[rotation]] and which are [[experienced]] as an outward [[force]] away from the [[center]] of [[rotation]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonian_mechanics Newtonian mechanics], the term ''centrifugal force'' is used to refer to one of two distinct [[concepts]]: an inertial force (also called a "fictitious" force) [[observed]] in a non-inertial [[Frame of reference|reference frame]], and a [[reaction]] force [[corresponding]] to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force centripetal force]. The term is also sometimes used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_mechanics Lagrangian mechanics] to describe certain terms in the generalized [[force]] that depend on the [[choice]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_coordinates generalized coordinates].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal]
[[Category: Physics]]
==Etymology==
New Latin centrifugus, from centr- + [[Latin]] fugere to flee
*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1721]
==Definitions==
*1 : proceeding or [[acting]] in a direction away from a [[center]] or [[axis]]
*2 : using or acting by centrifugal [[force]] <a centrifugal pump>
*3 : efferent
*4 : tending away from centralization : separatist <centrifugal tendencies in modern [[society]]>
==Description==
'''Centrifugal''' [[force]] (from [[Latin]] centrum "center" and fugere "to flee") [[represents]] the [[effects]] of [[inertia]] that arise in [[connection]] with [[rotation]] and which are [[experienced]] as an outward [[force]] away from the [[center]] of [[rotation]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonian_mechanics Newtonian mechanics], the term ''centrifugal force'' is used to refer to one of two distinct [[concepts]]: an inertial force (also called a "fictitious" force) [[observed]] in a non-inertial [[Frame of reference|reference frame]], and a [[reaction]] force [[corresponding]] to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force centripetal force]. The term is also sometimes used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_mechanics Lagrangian mechanics] to describe certain terms in the generalized [[force]] that depend on the [[choice]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_coordinates generalized coordinates].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal]
[[Category: Physics]]
