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  • The motion of an object in a circle requires that there be a force directed toward the center of the circle (sometimes called a "centripetal force").†  (source)
  • The centripetal force on our planet is still fearfully strong, Alyosha.†  (source)
  • And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards.†  (source)
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  • As she climbed "up" the ladder to the center of the ship, the centripetal force on her diminished to zero.†  (source)
  • Gravitational forces are always directed downward upon a rider's body; thus, gravitational forces cannot meet this centripetal force requirement.†  (source)
  • The seat must supply the centripetal force, pushing upwards on the rider with a force greater than gravity's downward pull.†  (source)
  • When most people think of centrifugal force, physicists think of centripetal force.†
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