centrifugal

Example Sentences

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The music seemed to levitate with the centrifugal force of rampaging bongos.

From New York Times

The bioreactor uses centrifugal force to act on the growing cells while they are suspended as a dense, cloud and continuously bathed by the inward flow of medium containing nutrients.

From Science Daily

If it rotated about 30 percent faster, the centrifugal force would launch gas from its equator into space.

From Scientific American

“It was a time of sweeping changes in the moral climate of our nation, and Morath uses popular music, chiefly ragtime, as the centrifugal force for sorting out the different phases.”

From New York Times

The biggest challenge comes when the growing fish must be moved to the largest tanks, which requires a large centrifugal pump.

From Science Magazine