centripetal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɛnˈtɹɪp.ə.tl̩/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /sɛnˈtɹɪp.ə.tl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation, rare)
- /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈpiː.tl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From New Latin centripetālis coined by Sir Isaac Newton, from Latin centrum (“center”) + petō (“to seek, aim”) + -al. Analysable as centri- + -petal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Directed or moving towards a centre.
It was a centripetal time, with me at the centre, everything gravitating towards me.
1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 141:
- (not-comparable, of a nerve impulse) Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Antonyms
Deriveds
centripetalism · centripetally · centripetal force · centripetal acceleration · subcentripetal
Translations (22)
it centripeto (directed or moving towards a centre) · cs dostředivý (directed or moving towards a centre) · az mərkəzəqaçma (directed or moving towards a centre) · hy կենտրոնաձիգ (directed towards the central nervous system) · ga láraimsitheach (directed or moving towards a centre) · lt įcentrinis (directed or moving towards a centre) · fr centripète (directed or moving towards a centre) · fi sentripetaalinen (directed or moving towards a centre) · pl dośrodkowy (directed or moving towards a centre) · cy canolgyrchol (directed or moving towards a centre) · es centrípeto (directed or moving towards a centre) · el κεντρομόλος (directed or moving towards a centre) · ca centrípet (directed towards the central nervous system) · ru центростреми́тельный (directed or moving towards a centre) · de zentripetal (directed or moving towards a centre) · ca centrípet (directed or moving towards a centre) · fi keskihakuinen (directed towards the central nervous system) · nl middelpuntzoekend (directed or moving towards a centre) · es centrípeto (directed towards the central nervous system) · hy կենտրոնաձիգ (directed or moving towards a centre) · bg центростремителен (directed or moving towards a centre) · fi keskihakuinen (directed or moving towards a centre)