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axipetal en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From axis + -petal.

Meanings

  1. Tending toward the center or axis
    • In a Galilean frame of reference, any point fixed relative to the Earth has an axipetal acceleration (ie directed toward the world's axis following the shortest distance, which is the perpendicular), of value Ω²(r sin θ). 2000, Louis Lliboutry, Quantitative Geophysics and Geology, page 140:

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Synonyms

centripetal

axipetal en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From axon + -petal.

Meanings

  1. (dated) Seeking the axon
    • A general law has been laid down by van Gehuchten and Cajal, that all nerve impulses are axipetal, that is, they pass towards the attachment of the axon, by which they leave the body of the cell. 1905, William Senhouse Kirkes, Handbook of Physiology, page 204:

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Synonyms

axopetal