1. centripetal - Adjective
2. centripetal - Adjective Satellite
Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFailure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading; failure to grasp centripetal meaning is incompetent reading. Northrop Frye
The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning. Northrop Frye
The Supreme Court is an institution far more dominated by centrifugal forces, pushing toward individuality and independence, than it is by centripetal forces pulling for hierarchical ordering and institutional unity. William Rehnquist
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After his 1679–1680 correspondence with Hooke, described below, Newton adopted the language of inward or centripetal force. Source: Internet