Translation guide
Describes a force or motion that moves outward from a center. In Japanese, this is primarily a technical term, expressed with specific compounds or descriptive phrases.
Describing centrifugal force or motion in a scientific context.
The standard noun for 'centrifugal force'. Used in physics and engineering.
Prefix meaning 'centrifugal', used in compounds like 'centrifugal separator'.
Phrase meaning 'due to centrifugal force' or 'centrifugal' as a modifier.
遠心力による加速度を計算する。
Calculate the acceleration due to centrifugal force.
Adjectival form, less common than 遠心力. Used in technical descriptions.
Describing something that spreads outward from a center, like influence or development.
Descriptive phrase meaning 'heading outward from the center'. Natural for non-technical contexts.
都市の成長は中心から外へ向かう傾向がある。
Urban growth tends to be centrifugal, spreading outward from the center.
Directly translating 'centrifugal' as 遠心的 in everyday language sounds unnatural. Use descriptive phrases like 中心から外へ向かう or 放射状に広がる unless discussing physics.
遠心力で水が外側に飛ばされる。
Water is flung outward by centrifugal force.
遠心分離機で成分を分ける。
Separate the components with a centrifugal separator.
Observe the centrifugal movement.
Means 'spreading radially'. Emphasizes a pattern like spokes from a hub.
情報が放射状に広がる。
Information spreads centrifugally (in a radial pattern).
Verb meaning 'to diffuse' or 'scatter'. Can imply centrifugal dispersal.
文化が中心地から拡散する。
Culture diffuses centrifugally from the center.