求きゅう心しん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

centripetal

Technical term used in physics and related fields to describe a force or tendency directed toward the center. Often appears in compounds like 求心力 (centripetal force) or as a no-adjective.

• 求きゅう心しん力りょくが強つよいと、物ぶっ体たいは中ちゅう心しんに向むかって動うごく。

  When the centripetal force is strong, the object moves toward the center.

• この実じっ験けんでは求きゅう心しん加か速そく度どを測そく定ていする。

  In this experiment, we measure centripetal acceleration.