centrifugal UK /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/US /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/adjective 3noun 1forms 1 adjective3 •Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. •Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. •Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. noun1 •A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals. — 2011 formscentrifugals
