adj
Meaning 1
Directed or moving towards a centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
centripetal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /sɛnˈtɹɪp.ə.tl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈpiː.tl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation, rare: /sɛnˈtɹɪp.ə.tl̩/
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adj
Meaning 2
Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
tending to move toward a center
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- centripetal force
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: centrifugal
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sensory neurons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: receptive, sensory(a)
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
tending to unify
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unifying(a)
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From New Latin centripetālis coined by Sir Isaac Newton, from Latin centrum (“center”) + petō (“to seek, aim”) + -al. Analysable as centri- + -petal.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կենտրոնաձիգ (kentronajig) — directed or moving towards a centre
- Azerbaijani: mərkəzəqaçma — directed or moving towards a centre
- Bulgarian: центростремителен (centrostremitelen) — directed or moving towards a centre
- Catalan: centrípet — directed or moving towards a centre
- Czech: dostředivý — directed or moving towards a centre
- Dutch: middelpuntzoekend — directed or moving towards a centre
- Finnish: sentripetaalinen — directed or moving towards a centre
- Finnish: keskihakuinen — directed or moving towards a centre
- French: centripète — directed or moving towards a centre
- German: zentripetal — directed or moving towards a centre
- Greek: κεντρομόλος (kentromólos) — directed or moving towards a centre
- Irish: láraimsitheach — directed or moving towards a centre
- Italian: centripeto — directed or moving towards a centre
- Lithuanian: įcentrinis — directed or moving towards a centre
- Polish: dośrodkowy — directed or moving towards a centre
- Russian: центростреми́тельный (centrostremítelʹnyj) — directed or moving towards a centre
- Spanish: centrípeto — directed or moving towards a centre
- Welsh: canolgyrchol — directed or moving towards a centre
- Armenian: կենտրոնաձիգ (kentronajig) — directed towards the central nervous system
- Catalan: centrípet — directed towards the central nervous system
- Finnish: keskihakuinen — directed towards the central nervous system
- Spanish: centrípeto — directed towards the central nervous system