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centripetal
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centripetal
adj.
proceeding toward a center; using centripetal force
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Centripetal force
A centripetal force (from Latin centrum "center" and petere "to seek") is a force that makes a body follow a curved path. Its direction is always orthogonal to the motion of the body and towards the fixed point of the instantaneous center of curvature of the path. Isaac Newton described it as "a force by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a point as to a centre." In Newtonian mechanics, gravity provides the centripetal force responsible for astronomical orbits.
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centripetal
Adjective
1. tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force"
(antonym) centrifugal
(similar) inward-moving
2. tending to unify
(synonym) unifying(a)
(similar) centralizing(a), centralising(a)
3. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
(synonym) receptive, sensory(a)
(similar) afferent
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Centripetal
(a.)
Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
(a.)
Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
(a.)
Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
(a.)
Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
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