centripetal

Adjective
  1. Tending to move toward a center (synset 300333767)
    "centripetal force"
    similar to:
    • inward-developing - toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center
    • inward-moving - moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
  2. Tending to unify (synset 300335750)
    similar to: centralising, centralizing - tending to draw to a central point
    same as: unifying
  3. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system (synset 300334509)
    "sensory neurons"
    similar to: afferent - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
    same as: receptive, sensory

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