centrifugal : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
  

WordNet

• (Mech.), a force whose direction is from a center.

Webster 1913

• (Physiol.), an impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced.

Webster 1913

• A machine for expelling water or other fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling table.

Webster 1913

• noun a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe
  

WordNet

• a machine in which water or other fluid is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case. Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this kind.

Webster 1913