centripetal
centripetal — 形容詞
- centripetalpositive
- more centripetalcomparative
- most centripetalsuperlative
1. If something's motion is centripetal, it is moving inward, toward the central po
向心的
朝旋轉中心點向內移動的
If something's motion is centripetal, it is moving inward, toward the central point that it is travelling around in a circle.
Felipe's teacher used a piece of string to explain centripetal force to the class.
Felipe 的老師用一條繩子向全班解釋向心力。
collocation: centripetal force
The car's centripetal acceleration kept it safely on the road through the sharp bend.
汽車的向心加速度讓它在急轉彎時安全地保持在路面上。
centripetal acceleration — physics term
Beatrix read that a centripetal force pushes inward, toward the middle of the circle.
Beatrix 讀到向心力是向內推的，朝向圓圈的中心。
Without centripetal force, the water would fly out of the spinning bucket.
沒有向心力，旋轉桶裡的水就會飛出去。
Jisoo felt the centripetal pull as the roller coaster looped around a tight curve.
Jisoo 在雲霄飛車繞過急彎時感受到向心的拉力。
- inward
broader, less technical; 'inward' covers any movement toward the inside, while 'centripetal' is used only for circular motion
- centrifugal
moving or tending to move outward from the centre of rotation
文法句型
centripetal + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun in the phrases 'centripetal force' or 'centripetal acceleration'; rarely appears in everyday conversation outside physics or engineering contexts.