English
centrifugal
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /sɛnˈtɹɪf(j)əɡəl/, /sɛntɹəˈfjuːɡəl/
Adjective

centrifugal (not comparable)

  1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
  2. (botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
  3. (botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Antonyms Translations Noun

centrifugal (plural centrifugals)

  1. A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
    • 1993, James C. P. Chen, ‎Chung Chi Chou, Cane Sugar Handbook
      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.
    • 2011, H. Panda, The Complete Book on Sugarcane Processing and By-Products of Molasses
      Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.


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