centripetal

(sĕn-trĭp'ĭ-tl)
adj.

1. Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
2. Operated by means of centripetal force.
3. Physiology. Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
4. 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.
5. Tending or directed toward centralization: the centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.

centripetally cen·trip'e·tal·ly adv.

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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.

1. moving, acting, or tending to act towards a centre or axis.
2. of, pertaining to, or operated by a centripetal force.
3. (in botany) developing inwards from the outside, as the flowers of certain inflorescences.
4. (in physiology) sending nerve impulses towards a central location from peripheral parts supplied by that nerve; afferent. Compare centrifugal.

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Moving toward a center.

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