centrifugal (adj.)

  1. tending to move away from a center; centrifugal force'

  2. tending away from centralization, as of authority; the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress'

  3. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; motor nerves

    [ Syn: motor ]

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