centripetal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective tending to move toward a center
adjective tending to unify
adjective of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

From New Latin centripetālis coined by Sir Isaac Newton, from Latin centrum (“center”) + petō (“to seek, aim”) + -al. Analysable as centri- + -petal.

This is the communal or centripetal impulse. — The Beginnings of Poetry, Francis Barton Gummere
The centripetal force on our planet is still fearfully strong, Alyosha. — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Even the giant forces of the world, centripetal and centrifugal, are kept out of our recognition. — Creative Unity, Rabindranath Tagore

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