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Dictionary

cen•trif•u•gal

Pronunciation: (sen-trif'yu-gul, -u-gul), [key]
—adj.
1. moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal).
2. pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump.
3. Physiol.efferent.

—n.
Mach.
a. a machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force; centrifuge.
b. a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

centric

centrifugal box

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