rare. [f. L. *centrifug-us: cf. beneficentia f. benefic-us.]
1847. Emerson, Repr. Men, i. Uses Gt. Men, Wks. (Bohn), I. 285. The centripetence augments the centrifugence. Ibid. (1870), Soc. & Solit., vi. 120. A hoarding to check the spending; a centripetence equal to the centrifugence.
1883. S. Wainwright, Sci. Sophisms, vii. 114. As congelation is a property of water, or centrifugience of gas.
