| 释义 |
cenˈtripetence
[f. on L. type *centripetentia; cf. centrifugence. In mod.F. centripétence.]
Centripetal motion or action.
1847[see centrifugence]. 1867Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims vii. (1875) 179, I shall never believe that centrifugence and centripetence balance, unless mind heats and meliorates, as well as the surface and soil of the globe. |