centrifugal
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The centripetal forces that draw the two countries together and the centrifugal ones that drive them apart are both strong and in flux.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
As the spin rate decreased, the balance between centrifugal forces and gravity changed.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
A floor below, indoors, racks of centrifugal chillers that control the refrigerant make him smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
These are centrifugal forces shaping the uneasy calm in the world economy.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
This led him on to mechanics, where he did important work on momentum and studied the nature of centrifugal force, demonstrating its similarity to gravity, and improved on Galileo’s treatment of the flight of projectiles.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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