Adjective: centrifugal sen'tri-fi-gul or sen'tri-fyu-gul [N. Amer], sen-tri'fyoo-gul or sen'tri-fi-gul [Brit]
- Tending to move away from a centre
"centrifugal force"
- Tending away from centralization, as of authority
"the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress"
- Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
"centrifugal nerves";
- motor
See also: efferent, motorial, outward-moving
Antonym: centripetal
Encyclopedia: Centrifugal