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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Centripetal \Cen*trip"e*tal\, a. [L. centrum center + petere to move toward.] 1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center. 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. 3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as the centripetal calcification of a bone. --R. Owen. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: centripetal adj 1: tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force" [ant: {centrifugal}] 2: tending to unify [syn: {unifying(a)}] 3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn: {receptive}, {sensory(a)}]
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