Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centrifugal

/sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: cen-trifu-gal
IPA: /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

adj

Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.

adj

Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.

noun

A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

Example Sentences

"Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action."
"Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals."

Etymology

From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: centrifugālis, centrum
Suffix: al

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/
British English: /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/

Inflected Forms

centrifugals (plural)

Derived Forms

centrifugalise centrifugalism centrifugalize centrifugally cytocentrifugal magnetocentrifugal ultracentrifugal

Phrases

centrifugal force

Synonyms

motor

Antonyms

centripetal

Questions

How do you pronounce centrifugal?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/.
What does centrifugal mean?: Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
Where does centrifugal come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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