centrifugal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/ / /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/ / /sɛnˈtɹɪf.jʊ.ɡl̩/
adj
Etymology: From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.
- Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
- Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
noun
Etymology: From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al.
- A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
“Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action.”
“Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.”