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Meaning of centripetal force | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية قوة جذب مركزي
Čeština dostředivá síla
Dansk centripetalkraft
Deutsch Zentripetalkraft
Español fuerza centrípeta
Suomi keskihakuisvoima keskihakuvoima sentripetaalivoima
Français force centripète
Հայերեն կենտրոնաձիգ ուժ
Italiano forza centripeta
日本語 向心力 求心力
ქართული ცენტრისკენული ძალა
한국어 구심력
Latina centripetentia
മലയാളം അഭികേന്ദ്രബലം
Nederlands middelpuntzoekende kracht
Português força centrípeta
Română forță centripetă
Русский центростремительная си́ла
Shqip forca qendërsynuese
Svenska centripetalkraft
Tagalog gitisig

Examples

“A Centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or any way tend, towards a point as to a centre.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

centripetalism Centripetally centripetence centripetency centriscid centrism

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