"Centripetal" is a word in ENGLISH
Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
fruit, as some embryos.
Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and
proceeding in order towards the summit.
Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing
toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
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Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.
Read the complete definitionTo draw towards a common center or a middle line.
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Read the complete definitionThe state of being central; tendency towards a center.
Read the complete definitionTendency toward the center.
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Read the complete definitionTo come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.
Read the complete definitionThe tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the …
Read the complete definitionIn the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; …
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Read the complete definitionBending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.
Read the complete definitionToward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
Read the complete definitionToward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.
Read the complete definitionExactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a …
Read the complete definitionToward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
Read the complete definitionDipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.
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