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Pardon me for being pedantic but I believe there is no such thing as centrifical force. It is a common confusion for either “centrifugal” or “centripetal” force
by dieselgate 4y ago
Pardon me for being pedantic but I believe there is no such thing as centrifical force. It is a common confusion for either “centrifugal” or “centripetal” forces.
Edit: that’s a great point about the uneven flooring though! Would you expect bots to land belly up or their weapon-plane thrown off?
- exmadscientist 4y agoIt's a clichéd response, but it's very hard to do better: https://xkcd.com/123/ https://xkcd.com/123/ (The line about Newton's laws in a rotating frame is, of course, entirely true.)
- georgyo 4y ago"Lies we tell children." While the _force_ may not exist, it describes an effect that happens when something spins. I still used the wrong term though. I was actually referring to gyroscopic motion.
- schoen 4y agoI think the parent comment was complaining specifically about the misspelling "centrifical" rather than the fictitious force issue ("-fical" means "making", while "-fugal" means "fleeing" or "escaping").