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UK
/sˈɛntɹaɪptəl/
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ADJECTIVE
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of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
sensory neurons - tending to unify
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tending to move toward a center
centripetal force
How To Use centripetal In A Sentence
- But things were in the melting-pot, centripetalism had gone; little dynasties flared up quickly and expired; and amidst all those lightning changes there was no time for progress, or deep concerns, or for the Soul of the Black-haired The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
- But a rotating craft exerts Coriolis forces, which work in a different direction from a centripetal force.
- Under their influence, all subordinate worlds would be carried away into space, were it not for the complementary Law of Gravitation Attraction, that is, the centripetal force. Aether and Gravitation
- At this distance the force of gravity provided by the planet is equal to the centripetal force required.
- The centripetal acceleration of this system rapidly became very high.
- Instead, the challenge is to maintain a healthy equilibrium between centrifugal ( "disintegrative") and centripetal ( "integrative") tendencies. Nation-formation and nation building
- There are two schools of thought on this question, one known as “consociationalism” and the other “centripetalism.” Matthew Yglesias » Alternative Voting
- Do not confuse ever the tangential acceleration, which is along the circumference, with a centripetal acceleration.
- So what I did was I plotted this data, the centripetal acceleration versus the mean distance to the sun and I did that on log paper.
- The empire held together, because Augustus and Tiberius had created a centripetalism in the provinces; and these continued in the main through it all to enjoy the good government the first two emperors had made a tradition in them, and felt but little the hands of the fools or madmen reigning in The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19