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Nice post drewitgolf.
I have no problem with Mr Kelley's use of the word "centrifugal force" in a loose sense. The dictionary definition has the same problem as yoda's explanation. If you look at other technical terms defined in dictionaries, you'll often say to yourself that they haven't got it quite right.
The explanation of what causes the throw out effect is quite complex for such a simple phenomenon. I could understand it if Mr Kelley decided to call it "centrifugal force". The problem is that it then sows the seeds for all sorts of bogus physics when people take the words at face value.
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