centripetal

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Adjective centripetal has 3 senses

centripetal - tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force"
Antonyms: centrifugal, outward-moving, outward-developing
centripetal, unifying - tending to unify
Antonyms: decentralizing, decentralising (indirect, via centralizing)
centripetal, receptive, sensory - of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
Antonyms: efferent, motorial (indirect, via afferent)

centrifugally centrifugate centrifugation centrifuge centrifuges centrimeters centrino centriole centripetal centripetal acceleration centripetal force centris centriscidae centrism centrist centrium centro

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