centripetal : Idioms & Phrases

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centripetal acceleration

  • noun the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit
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Centripetal force

  • noun the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
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  • (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal.
Webster 1913

Centripetal impression

  • (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.
Webster 1913