| 单词 | centripetal |
| 释义 | centripetal (once / 14223 pages) adj Centripetal is an adjective describing a force that brings things toward the center, not unlike the force of a black hole. Centripetal is often confused with the word centrifugal. They may begin the same way, but they mean the exact opposite. Centrifugal is the force that moves things outward. You might remember that centripetal means to move things in, because the petals on a flower all begin in the middle. WORD FAMILYcentripetal: centripetally USAGE EXAMPLESToday, however, Congress is centrifugal rather than centripetal, expelling rather than concentrating power. Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016) Tiffany seems intent on staying close to her centripetal father. New York Times(Oct 01, 2016) Right now, it’s this one: After dropping his weakest album, West somehow remains pop music’s centripetal force. Washington Post(Sep 09, 2016) 1adj tending to move toward a center centripetal force Syn|Ant inward-developing toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center inward-movingmoving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve centrifugal tending to move away from a center outward-developingaway from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge outward-movingmoving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve 2adj tending to unify Syn unifying centralising, centralizing tending to draw to a central point 3adj of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system Syn receptive, sensory afferent of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |
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