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centripetal force

noun

centripetal force

noun
1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.

  • A Centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or any way tend, towards a point as to a centre.1726, Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published 1729:
Related terms
centrifugal force

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