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How does this compare to Centripedal force - I seem to recall that centrifugal wasn't what it was commonly thought of (tendancy for spinning things to push outward)??

Rewrote, with pseudo-force explanation included.

I think the confusion with centrifugal should be pointed out (and 213.253.39.xxx did this pretty well), but not with the term 'pseudo-force'. It is a valid, normal force, it is the misunderstanding that lots of people have with it that is the problem.

Also slightly unhelpful is:

Centrifugal force is not actually a force in the same way as magnetic force or gravity

Of course it is - it is even carried by gravitons (if they exist.) It is just how the force arises that is different. -- sodium

An observer with a rotating frame of reference matching that of the container could also view this as motion under Newton's laws, with the addition of the centrifugal pseudo-force as a force to be resisted by the container.

I don't think this actually says anything more than already stated in the last paragraph. -- sodium

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