centrifugal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective tending to move away from a center
  2. adjective tending away from centralization, as of authority
  3. adjective conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

Etymology

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

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