Fliehkraft
German
Etymology
From fliehen (“to flee”) + Kraft (“force”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːˌkʁaft/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Flieh‧kraft
Noun
Fliehkraft f (genitive Fliehkraft, plural Fliehkräfte)
- centrifugal force
- Synonyms: (equally common) Zentrifugalkraft, (now rare) Schwungkraft
- Antonym: Zentripetalkraft
Declension
Declension of Fliehkraft [feminine]
Hypernyms
- Trägheitskraft
Further reading
- “Fliehkraft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Fliehkraft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Fliehkraft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Fliehkraft” in Duden online