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centrifugal forceIn physics, apparent or ‘fictitious’ force arising for an observer moving with a rotating system. For an object of mass m moving with a velocity v in a circle of radius r, the centrifugal force F equals mv2/r (outwards). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This motion, faithful to the laws of mechanics, would have been accelerated with the diminution of its volume; and a moment would have arrived when the centrifugal force would have overpowered the centripetal, which causes the molecules all to tend toward the center. Centrifugal force hurled the particles of the nebulous center toward the crust as rapidly as they approached a solid state. At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired. |
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