1. tending to move away from a center - centrifugal force • Ant: centripetal • Similar to: outward-developing, outward-moving 2. tending away from centralization, as of authority - the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress • Similar to: decentralizing, decentralising 3. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS - motor nerves • Syn: motor • Similar to: efferent, motorial