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    Centripetal , a. [L. centrum center + petere to move toward.]
    1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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    2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit. (b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
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    3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
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      Centripetal force (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. -- Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.
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