Centrifugal force is the apparent force that pushes things away from the center of a spinning object. It makes objects feel like they are being pushed outwards when they are actually just moving in a curved path due to the object's rotation.
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- In 1958 ground controllers tracking the first American satellite, Explorer 1, noted that its path faithfully traced the planet's equatorial bulge (created by centrifugal forces generated by the planet's rotation). (discovermagazine.com)
- cap plies Designed to counter the extreme centrifugal forces of a tire moving at 1,000 rpm, the cap plies are made of two layers of nylon. (discovermagazine.com)
- Though completely nonrepresentational, her works are borne out of her interest in centrifugal forces in portraits. (mocajacksonville.unf.edu)
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