how to pronounce centrifugal

/ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡəl/

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centrifugal is pronounced in four syllables

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sɛntɹɪfjɡəl

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An example use of centrifugal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… half times using centrifugal force but …”

meanings of centrifugal

adjective:

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

noun:

  1. A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

centrifugal frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word centrifugal occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics centrifugal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that centrifugal can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

words that rhyme with centrifugal

bugle

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