centripetal
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cen·trip·e·tal
(sĕn-trĭp'ĭ-tl) 
adj.
adj.
- Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
- Operated by means of centripetal force.
- Physiology. Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
- Botany. Developing or progressing inward toward the center or axis, as in the head of a sunflower, in which the oldest flowers are near the edge and the youngest flowers are in the center.
- Tending or directed toward centralization: the centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.
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centripetal
Developing or progressing inward toward the center or axis, as in the head of a sunflower in which the oldest flowers are near the edge and the youngest flowers are in the center.
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centripetal
- moving, acting, or tending to act towards a centre or axis.
- of, pertaining to, or operated by a centripetal force.
- (in botany) developing inwards from the outside, as the flowers of certain inflorescences.
- (in physiology) sending nerve impulses towards a central location from peripheral parts supplied by that nerve; afferent. Compare centrifugal.
| centriole, centrin, centrifuge | |
| centripetal force, centromere, centromere-binding proteins |
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