centrifugal
English
Etymology
From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɹɪf(j)əɡl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛntɹɪˈfjuːɡl̩/, (rare) /sɛnˈtɹɪfjʊɡl̩/
Adjective
centrifugal (not comparable)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
tending, or causing, to recede from the center
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expanding first at the summit, and later at the base
having the radicle turned towards the sides of the fruit
Noun
centrifugal (plural centrifugals)
- A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
- 1993, James C. P. Chen, Chung Chi Chou, Cane Sugar Handbook:
- Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action.
- 2011, H. Panda, The Complete Book on Sugarcane Processing and By-Products of Molasses:
- Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.
References
- “centrifugal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- centrifugal Oxford Dictionaries on-line, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German zentrifugal. By surface analysis, centrifug + -al.
Adjective
centrifugal m or n (feminine singular centrifugală, masculine plural centrifugali, feminine and neuter plural centrifugale)
Declension
Declension of centrifugal
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | centrifugal | centrifugală | centrifugali | centrifugale | ||
definite | centrifugalul | centrifugala | centrifugalii | centrifugalele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | centrifugal | centrifugale | centrifugali | centrifugale | ||
definite | centrifugalului | centrifugalei | centrifugalilor | centrifugalelor |
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