ADJECTIVE | all | centrifugal | tending to move away from a center |
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all | centrifugal | tending away from centralization, as of authority | |
all | centrifugal, motor | conveying information to the muscles from the CNS |
Sounds | sehntrih'fyihgahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | tending to move away from a center. | |
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Example | "centrifugal force" | |
Narrower | outward-developing | Away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge |
outward-moving | Moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve | |
Opposite | centripetal | tending to move toward a center |
Spanish | centrífugo | |
Catalan | centrífug |
Meaning | tending away from centralization, as of authority. | |
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Example | "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress" | |
Broader | decentralizing, decentralising | tending away from a central point |
Spanish | centrífugo | |
Catalan | centrífug |
Meaning | conveying information to the muscles from the CNS. | |
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Synonym | motor | |
Broader | efferent, motorial | Of nerves and nerve impulses |
Spanish | centrífugo, motor | |
Catalan | motor |
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