centrifugal

  • (a) tending to move away from a center
    • centrifugal force
  • (s) tending away from centralization, as of authority
    • the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress
  • (s) conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
    • motor nerves
    motor,

Synonyms

motor

Antonyms

centripetal

Words of close approximity

centrifuge
centrifugal force centrifugal pump