centripetal force

1. 1.

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

   Antonymscentrifugal force

   Broaderforce

Questions about centripetal force

What does centripetal force mean?

centripetal force means "the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body".

What is the opposite of centripetal force?

The recorded antonyms are centrifugal force.

Is centripetal force a common word?

centripetal 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.