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The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: centrifugal force
Broader terms: force
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Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
middelpuntsoekende krag
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Albanian:
forca qendërsynuese
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Arabic:
قوة جذب مركزي
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Armenian:
կենտրոնաձիգ ուժ
(kentronajig už)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Asturian:
fuercia centrípeta
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Basque:
indar zentripetu
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Bengali:
কেন্দ্রমুখী বল
(kendromukhi bol)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Bulgarian:
центростремителна сила
(centrostremitelna sila)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Catalan:
força centrípeta
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Chinese Mandarin:
向心力
(xiàngxīnlì)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Czech:
dostředivá síla
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Danish:
centripetalkraft
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Dutch:
middelpuntzoekende kracht
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Esperanto:
centripeta forto
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Estonian:
tsentripetaaljõud
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Finnish:
keskihakuisvoima
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Finnish:
keskihakuvoima
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Finnish:
sentripetaalivoima
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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French:
force centripète
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Galician:
forza centrípeta
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Georgian:
ცენტრისკენული ძალა
(cenṭrisḳenuli ʒala)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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German:
Zentripetalkraft
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Greek:
κεντρομόλος δύναμη
(kentromólos dýnami)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Hindi:
अभिकेन्द्रीय बल
(abhikendrīya bal)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Hungarian:
centripetális erő
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Icelandic:
miðsóknarkraftur
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Indonesian:
gaya sentripetal
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Irish:
fórsa láraimsitheach
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Italian:
forza centripeta
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Japanese:
求心力
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Japanese:
向心力
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Korean:
구심력
(gusimnyeok)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Latvian:
centrtieces spēks
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Lithuanian:
įcentrinė jėga
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Macedonian:
центрипетална сила
(centripetalna sila)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Malay:
daya memusat
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Malayalam:
അഭികേന്ദ്രബലം
(abhikēndrabalaṁ)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Norwegian:
sentripetalkraft
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Persian:
نیروی مرکزگرا
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Polish:
siła dośrodkowa
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Portuguese:
força centrípeta
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Romanian:
forță centripetă
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Russian:
центростремительная си́ла
(centrostremitelʹnaja síla)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Slovak:
dostredivá sila
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Spanish:
fuerza centrípeta
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Swedish:
centripetalkraft
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Tagalog:
gitisig
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Tagalog:
tungaing isig
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Turkish:
merkezcil kuvvet
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Ukrainian:
доцентрова сила
(docentrova syla)
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Urdu:
مرکز مائل قوت
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation
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Welsh:
grym mewngyrchol
— the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation