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centripetal a. 向心的 向心的 centripetal adj 1: tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force" [ant: {centrifugal}] 2: tending to unify [synonym: {centripetal}, {unifying(a)}] 3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [synonym: {centripetal}, {receptive}, {sensory(a)}] Centripetal \Cen*trip"e*tal\, a. [L. centrum center petere to move toward.] 1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit. (b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos. [1913 Webster] 3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. --R. Owen. [1913 Webster] {Centripetal force} (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See {Centrifugal force}, under {Centrifugal}. {Centripetal impression} (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ. [1913 Webster] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "centripetal":
approaching, asymptotic, centrolineal, concentrating, concurrent, confluent, confocal, connivent, consolidating, converging, focal, meeting, mutually approaching, radial, radiating, tangent, tangential, unifying, uniting
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