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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiating from a central point |
| Synonyms: | deviating, diffusive, divergent, diverging, eccentric, efferent, outward, radial, spiral, spreading |
| Notes: | centrifugal force pulls away or pushes outward; centripetal draws toward or pulls inward |
| Antonyms: | centripetal |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interminable, excessive in length |
| Synonyms: | boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, long-drawn-out, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, without end, wordy |
| Antonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, short |
| Main Entry: | circulating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flowing |
| Synonyms: | ambient, circling, circulatory, current, diffusive, fluid, in motion, moving, rotating |
| Antonyms: | motionless, stationary, still |
| Main Entry: | long-drawn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long |
| Synonyms: | boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, without end, wordy |
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