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单词	centripetal
释义	centripetal adjective cen·​trip·​e·​tal sen-ˈtri-pə-tᵊl  1 : proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis centripetal acceleration of a body 2 : afferent centripetal nerves 3 : tending toward centralization : unifying centripetal factors that hold the parts together centripetally sen-ˈtri-pə-tə-lē  adverb Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The three women are bound together with a centripetal intensity, in a hothouse of family mythology that Marilyn herself cultivates and tends. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 The actor seems always right at home in Almodóvar’s off-kilter universe, where the gravitational pull of philosophical pathos and nakedly honest emotion balances out the centripetal forces of absurdist humor and erotic camp. Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022 But filmmakers soon grasped the centripetal seductions of the human face in tight focus. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 What about the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration? Rhett Allain, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021 The contemporary designs in the show, with their striking colors, detailed craftsmanship and conceptual twists, can seem light years away from their sturdy, functional ancestors, like a centripetal spring chair made by Thomas Warren in 1849. Emily Ferguson, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021 Centrifugal throws things out and away, and centripetal pulls inward like a whirlpool. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021 These emerging centripetal forces couldn’t have come at a more inopportune time, with the U.K. hailing its departure from the EU as a fundamental reason behind its successful vaccination rollout. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 May 2021 But even this most epic of tales is shaped by the centripetal forces of human nature. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021 See More Word History Etymology New Latin centripetus, from centr- + Latin petere to go to, seek — more at feather First Known Use 1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing centripetal centripetal force centripetal force Medical Definition centripetal adjective cen·​trip·​e·​tal sen-ˈtrip-ət-ᵊl  : passing inward (as from a sense organ to the brain or spinal cord) : afferent
随便看	of one's own volition of one's very own of one's word of ours of parts of recent origin of record of renown of right of royal descent of someone's life of sorts of sound mind of steel of that nature of the day of the essence of the first rank of the month of the order of of the same mind of the sort of the year of theirs of two minds

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