centripetal force

English

Noun

centripetal force (countable and uncountable, plural centripetal forces)

1. (physics) The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.
   • 1726, Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published 1729:

     A Centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or any way tend, towards a point as to a centre.

Translations

the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation

• Afrikaans: middelpuntsoekende krag
• Albanian: forca qendërsynuese
• Arabic: قوة جذب مركزي
• Armenian: կենտրոնաձիգ ուժ (kentronajig už)
• Asturian: fuercia centrípeta f
• Basque: indar zentripetu
• Bengali: কেন্দ্রমুখী বল (kendromukhi bol)
• Bulgarian: центростремителна сила f (centrostremitelna sila)
• Catalan: força centrípeta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 向心力 (zh) (xiàngxīnlì)

• Czech: dostředivá síla f
• Danish: centripetalkraft c
• Dutch: middelpuntzoekende kracht
• Esperanto: centripeta forto
• Estonian: tsentripetaaljõud
• Finnish: keskihakuisvoima, keskihakuvoima, sentripetaalivoima
• French: force centripète (fr)
• Galician: forza centrípeta f
• German: Zentripetalkraft f
• Greek: κεντρομόλος δύναμη (kentromólos dýnami)
• Hindi: अभिकेन्द्रीय बल (abhikendrīya bal)
• Hungarian: centripetális erő (hu)
• Icelandic: miðsóknarkraftur m
• Indonesian: gaya sentripetal
• Irish: fórsa láraimsitheach
• Italian: forza centripeta (it) f
• Japanese: 求心力 (ja), 向心力 (ja)
• Korean: 구심력 (ko) (gusimnyeok)
• Latvian: centrtieces spēks
• Lithuanian: įcentrinė jėga
• Macedonian: центрипетална сила f (centripetalna sila)
• Malay: daya memusat
• Malayalam: അഭികേന്ദ്രബലം (abhikēndrabalaṁ)
• Norwegian: sentripetalkraft
• Persian: نیروی مرکزگرا (fa)
• Polish: siła dośrodkowa f
• Portuguese: força centrípeta f
• Romanian: forță centripetă (ro) f
• Russian: центростремительная си́ла (centrostremitelʹnaja síla)
• Slovak: dostredivá sila f
• Spanish: fuerza centrípeta f
• Swedish: centripetalkraft (sv) c
• Tagalog: gitisig, tungaing isig
• Turkish: merkezcil kuvvet
• Ukrainian: доцентрова сила f (docentrova syla)
• Urdu: مرکز مائل قوت
• Welsh: grym mewngyrchol

See also

• centrifugal force