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centripetal

/sen-trip-i-tl/US // sɛnˈtrɪp ɪ tl //UK // (sɛnˈtrɪpɪtəl, ˈsɛntrɪˌpiːtəl) //

向心力,向心性,向心,向心性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : directed toward the center.
    • : operating by centripetal force.
    • : Physiology. afferent.

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Examples

  • So inevitably the centripetal force of the establishment GOP will move toward Jeb Bush.

  • Which brings me to the ways Hartman generally tried to make "halachic community" seem wonderful—and centripetal.

  • Their life is centripetal, pivoted inside itself, and does not run out towards others and mankind.

  • In society there is both a centripetal and a centrifugal force; the centripetal chiefly human, the centrifugal chiefly Divine.

  • The centripetal force, exerted through the cord, O A, pulls it aside from this direction of motion.

  • It is true, the resistance of the body furnishes the measure of the centripetal force.

  • Sometimes the centripetal force is weak, and opportunity is afforded to observe this action, and see its character exhibited.