Synonyms for centripetal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sen-trip-i-tl

Phonetic Transcription : sɛnˈtrɪp ɪ tl

Définition of centripetal

Origin : 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.

As in integrative : adj unifying

Example sentences :

My talent—if that's what you call it—was centrifugal, not centripetal.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various

The centrifugal force has been overbalanced by the centripetal.
Extract from : « A History of American Christianity » by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

"Centrifugal, centripetal," he said, with his chin on his fist.
Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells

Their action, in this respect, was centripetal as well as centrifugal.
Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles

The powers which united have lost their specific, centripetal character.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park

From the inside of the same ring (probably on the side of the six ascending interradial beams) spring six centripetal teeth.
Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel

Europe has always been torn between centrifugal and centripetal forces.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

For a centrifugal explosion, they substitute a centripetal adjustment.
Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various

"Paris is the centre of the world," if centripetal tendency is any proof of it.
Extract from : « Pencillings by the Way » by N. Parker Willis

And he had the centripetal, not the centrifugal temperament.
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

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