Centripetal
[,sentrɪ'piːt(ə)l;sen'trɪpɪt(ə)l] or [sɛn'trɪpɪtl]
Definition
(adj.) tending to move toward a center; 'centripetal force' .
(adj.) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; 'sensory neurons' .
(adj.) tending to unify .
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Definition
(a.) Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
(a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
(a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
(a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Tending to the centre.
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Definition
adj. of a force impelling a body towards some point as a centre.
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Examples
- The comets are to be regarded as parts of the system, akin to the planets, but more remote from the control of the centripetal forc e of the sun. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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