Towards the centre of the circle. Centripetal actually means "centre finding".
The force that keeps objects moving in a circle is known as the centripetal force, which acts towards the center. The velocity of the object moving in a circle will be tangential to the circle.
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The Centripetal force keeps a object moving in a circle and its force and acceleration are directed toward the center of the circle
The force required to keep a body to be in a uniform circular motion is known as centripetal force means centre seeking force. This centripetal force is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the particle.
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The center-seeking force in physics is centripetal.
This word means 'directed toward the center'.
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Centrifugal means center fleeing (away from center) and centripetal is center seeking (towards the center).
The root word of centripetal is "petere," which means "to seek or go towards." It is a Latin word that forms the basis of many English words related to movement or direction.
It means 'toward the center'.
"Center-seeking" or "directed to the center" is the definition of centripetal.
Centripetal force acting on an orbiting object is unbalanced since the object is being accelerated.Velocity is continually changing direction if not speed. This means an orbiting object is accelerating and the direction of acceleration is toward the center. In fact, centripetal means "center seeking."A person at rest on the surface of the Earth is being acted upon by a centripetal force (toward the center of the Earth, that is, down) which is exactly equal and opposite to the spring force of the Earth's matter pushing up. Thus, in this case, the centripetal force is balanced.The previous answer (below) is generally incorrect.No,because when a body revolves round an orbit,its CENTRIPETAL force is balanced by the WEIGHT of the body!thank you!!
Tending towards the center, according to WordWeb, a dictionary program which compiles definitions from several dictionaries and gives the most accurate (in it's opinion). In terms of physics, i.e. centripetal force, centripetal acceleration, centripetal motion, etc, etc, it refers to the motion of an object in a circular path, or the force which keeps it in such a path. The force is always directed towards the center of the circle as by the definition above.