centripetal
pronunciation
How to pronounce centripetal in British English:
UK [senˈtrɪpɪtl]
How to pronounce centripetal in American English:
US [sɛnˈtrɪpɪtl]
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- Adjective:
- tending to move toward a center
- tending to unify
- of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Word Origin
- centripetal (adj.)
- 1709, from Modern Latin, coined 1687 by Sir Isaac Newton (who wrote in Latin), from Latin centri- alternative comb. form of centrum "center" (see center (n.)) + petere "to make for, go to; seek, strive after" (see petition (n.)). Centripetal force is Newton's vim ... centripetam.
Example
- 1. Centripetal force keeps the planets from flying off into the space .
- 2. The happy blood is unable the backflow centripetal dirty .
- 3. The need of ethics is endogenetic and essential need of enterprise , the core of enterprise culture and the source of enterprise centripetal force .
- 4. By the earth 's centripetal force .
- 5. Centripetal is contrary of centrifugal .