<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>moving or directed outward from the center (centripetal)</li><li>pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump</li><li>efferent (Physiology)</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Machinery: a machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force; a centrifuge</li><li>a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine</li></ul>