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CENTRIPETAL FORCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
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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