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CENTRIPETAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to move toward a center
Example:
centripetal force
Classified under:
Similar:
inward-developing (toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center)
inward-moving (moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve)
Antonym:
centrifugal (tending to move away from a center)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Example:
sensory neurons
Synonyms:
centripetal; receptive; sensory
Classified under:
Similar:
afferent (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tending to unify
Synonyms:
centripetal; unifying
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
centralising; centralizing (tending to draw to a central point)
