Centrifugal (translation = “center-fleeing”) force has two different definitions, which causes even more confusion.  The inertial centrifugal force is the most widely referred to, and is purely mathematical, having to do with calculating kinetic forces using reference frames, and is used with Newton’s laws of motion. It’s often referred to as the ‘fictitious force’.


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