On Jul 9, 3:09=A0pm, "Felix Dzherzhinsky" <some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> perhaps he meant 'centripetal' force...
> many (correctly, i believe) say that 'centrifugal force' is imaginary,
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> is an effect upon a body experiencing centripetal force.
> centripetal force is the force that pulls an object into a circular
path,
> away from the straight line it wished to travel.
>
> ...sorta.
>
> although i wouldn't have spelled it like that.
> - Show quoted text -
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In your line of thinking, then, the faster the tire rotated the more
likely it is to pull the car into a turn.
Felix, Felix, Felix, you are hereby invited to lunch with Donald
RUMSFELD for that brilliant analysis!
As I stated a couple posts back, any LITERATE soul would take
"centripatire" in the context which it was used and derive
CENTRIFUGAL.
As in, the sidewalls and tread are forced away from the axis of
rotation(the car's axle) and the tire yields(explodes).
I don't know how this could be so difficult to figure out! I saw a
piece one time about a certain major league baseball team's "ulterior"
lineup in the event that two of their key players(a starter pitcher
and a leadoff batter) were not off the DL in time for the All-Stars a
couple years back. The poster clearly meant "alternate" but wasn't
educated enough to pick the right word. If you determine the CONTEXT
in which a misspelled or unintended word is used, you can pretty much
figure out what's supposed to go there. Just take two seconds to
THINK, - I know thinking is not allowed in America, but it does come
in handy time to time.
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