CENTRIPETAL FORCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("centripetal force" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Antonym:

centrifugal force (the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)

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