01 a. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.(Bot.)
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Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Phrases & compounds
Centripetal force —
a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal.
Centripetal impression —
an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.