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Centripetal

//sɛnˈtɹɪp.ə.tl̩// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Directed or moving towards a centre. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force. not-comparable

    "It was a centripetal time, with me at the centre, everything gravitating towards me."

  3. 3
    Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    tending to move toward a center wordnet
  2. 2
    of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system wordnet
  3. 3
    tending to unify wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin centripetālis coined by Sir Isaac Newton, from Latin centrum (“center”) + petō (“to seek, aim”) + -al. Analysable as centri- + -petal.

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