centrifugal force

1. 1.

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

   Antonymscentripetal force

   Broaderforce

Questions about centrifugal force

What does centrifugal force mean?

centrifugal force means "the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body".

What is the opposite of centrifugal force?

The recorded antonyms are centripetal force.

Is centrifugal force a common word?

centrifugal force is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.