Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,017,366,852 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

centripetal
(redirected from centripetally)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus 0.01 sec.
centripetal /cen·trip·e·tal/ (sen-trip´e-t'l)
1. afferent (1).
2. corticipetal.
cen·trip·e·tal (sn-trp-tl)
adj.
1. Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
2. Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
centripetal
moving toward a center.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
[1] Geographic position as the starting point of literary interpretation is especially interesting during times of geographical change -- when borders shift across people, when people shift across borders, when borders move centripetally to create a large political formation out of smaller ones, when borders move centrifugally to create smaller formations out of a larger one.
Microhistory and Cultural Geography: Ben Jonson's "To Sir Robert ... by ELSKY, MARTIN / Renaissance Quarterly
Yet it is typically those societies on the fringes of the centripetally nationalistic West - those of the Caribbean, pre-Soviet Russia, Africa, Latin America - which offer up the truly centrifugal, multilingual novel.
Solibo Magnificent by Szwed, John / Artforum International
But wa are thereby drawn centripetally toward the world of others, a world that existed before us and independently of our knowledge and consent.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it... by Johnson, Charles / U.S. Catholic
More results
 
Medical browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.. Terms of Use.