1. Tending to move toward a centre
   "centripetal force" 
2. Tending to unify
   - unifying 
3. Of a nerve fibre or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
   - receptive, sensory

See also: afferent, centralising [Brit], centralizing, inward-developing, inward-moving

Antonym: centrifugal

Encyclopedia: Centripetal

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