centrifugal
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“The cable is holding you up and simulating centrifugal force on the corner,” Corby said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
These are centrifugal forces shaping the uneasy calm in the world economy.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
The city feels centrifugal, separated in spirit and in geography.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025
As an earthbound motorcyclist speeds around the cylinder, their inertia pushes them into the wall, creating an outward centrifugal force.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024
According to Newton’s theory, the centrifugal force of the Earth’s spin should result in a slight flattening at the poles and a bulging at the equator, which would make the planet slightly oblate.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
