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    CENTRIPETAL FORCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another bodyplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("centripetal force" is a kind of...):

    force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

    Antonym:

    centrifugal force (the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)

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