[こうしんりょく, koushinryoku] (n) centripetal force [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Centripetal \Cen*trip"e*tal\, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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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.
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3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
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{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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
centripetal
adj 1: tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force"
[ant: {centrifugal}]
2: tending to unify [syn: {centripetal}, {unifying(a)}]
3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing
toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn:
{centripetal}, {receptive}, {sensory(a)}]
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