Centrifugal



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 离心的
• ［英］ adj. 离心的 ( moving or tending to move away from a center)
• ［记］ centri ( 中心) +fug ( 逃跑) +al -> 逃离中心的 -> 离心的
• ［同］ 同根词: refugee ( 避难者) ; fugitive ( 逃犯)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: New Latin centrifugus, from centr- + Latin fugere to flee — more at fugitive
• Date: circa 1721
• 1. proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
• 2. using or acting by centrifugal force centrifugal pump
• 3. efferent
• 4. tending away from centralization ; separatist <centrifugal tendencies in modern society
• ? centrifugally adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1866
• a centrifugal machine or a drum in such a machine

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