An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Of a point rotating in a circle round a central point, the outward acceleration away from the rotation axis. It corresponds to → centrifugal force. The centrifugal acceleration is given by ω x ω x r, or v²/r, where ω is → angular velocity, r the distance to the rotating axis, and v the → tangential velocity. The centrifugal and → centripetal accelerations are equal and opposite.

→ centrifugal; → acceleration.

The acceleration exerted on the plasma particles according to the → magnetocentrifugal model.

→ magnetocentrifugal model; → acceleration.