This is centrifugal force; Newton viewed it as absolute motion.
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Centrifugal
//sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩//
Synonyms for "centrifugal" (9 found)
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10 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 10 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mərkəzdənqaçma adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Bulgarian
1 entries- центробежен adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Czech
1 entries- odstředivý adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Dutch
2 entries- centrifugaal adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
- middelpuntvliedend adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Finnish
2 entries- keskipakoinen adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
- sentrifugaalinen adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
French
1 entries- centrifuge adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Gujarati
1 entries- કેન્દ્રત્યાગી adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Irish
1 entries- lártheifeach adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sentrifugal adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sentrifugal adj (tending, or causing, to recede from the center)
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This is centrifugal force, which Newton viewed as absolute motion.
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As the years progressed, Newton completed his work on universal gravitation, diffraction of light, centrifugal force, centripetal force, inverse-square law, bodies in motion and the variations in tides due to gravity.
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Centrifugal force is a fictitious force.
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