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Meaning of 'centripetal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Centripetal [ a.]
- Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
- Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
- Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
- Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.

Meaning of 'centripetal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . centripetal [ a]
Meaning (1):
- tending to move toward a center
Example in sentence:
  • centripetal force
2 . centripetal [ s]
Meaning (2):
- of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Example in sentence:
  • sensory neurons

Nearby Words:

cenanthy cenation cenatory cenobite cenobitic cenobitical cenobitism cenogamy cenotaph cenotaphy

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