We consider wastewater treatment as a water use because it is so interconnected with the other uses of water.
Definition of Centripetal Force. Centripetal force is a force that makes an object follow a curved path. The direction of the force is oriented at a right angle to the direction of travel of the object, toward the center of the circle along which the object is moving.
Best Answer: The name of this force is centripetal-cenTRIPETAL NOT centrifugal The force on the clothes is an Inward force. If no inward force, clothes would fly off in straight path, like a rock on the end of a whirling string. Centripetal means center seeking Centrifugal means center fleeing The force acting on clothes is centripetal, pushing the clothes inward. The clothes exert an equal and opposite force OUTWARD on the WASHER DRUM, that is the centrifugal force. That is not the force you asked about. BJ (below) has it right.