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centripetal

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Significado de centripetal

adj.

Centrípeta
Centrí­peto.

a.

Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone

adj.

inward-developing similar term, inward-moving similar term, centrifugal antonym adj, unifying, centralizing similar term, centralising similar term adj, receptive, sensory, afferent similar term

Vogais: eiea

Consoantes: cntrptl

Palavras Parecidas

counterfeitly.