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Meanings of centripetal in inglês

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Tending to move toward a center.

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        centrípeto

        Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system.

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              Tending to unify.

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                    Examples for "unifying"
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                    Despite the importance of the phenomenon, consensus and unifying principles appear lacking.
                    Pubmed
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                    A paradigmatic example of unifying Bio-Medical theory is the concept of Inflammaging.
                    Pubmed
                    3
                    Wariness of Russia may prove to be a unifying factor, diplomats said.
                    Radio NZ
                    4
                    The written word has always had a magical, divine power, unifying people.
                    The book of spies
                    5
                    Rather it effects a certain convergence in the unifying framework it ascertains.
                    The Civilization of Illiteracy
                    Usage of centripetal in inglês
                    1
                    Finally, I talked about the origin of the words centrifugal and centripetal.
                    Wired
                    2
                    A student in my office temporarily confused the words centripetal and centrifugal.
                    Wired
                    3
                    The centrifugal tendency could no longer be controlled by the centripetal force.
                    The Soul of the Far East
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                    It is composed of centripetal and centrifugal fibres, having also registering ganglia.
                    Genuine Mediumship; or, The Invisible Powers
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                    It is important to note that centripetal force is still some force.
                    Wired
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                    With this definition, centripetal force would be real and centrifugal not real.
                    Wired
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                    Scattered action is irresolute; it is the centripetal powers that count.
                    The Warriors
                    8
                    Most textbooks use the centripetal force term and use it correctly.
                    Wired
                    9
                    Outward circumstances form the centripetal force, which keeps us in ours.
                    Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
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                    In the world this directing is called centripetal force, also gravitation.
                    Heaven and its Wonders and Hell
                    11
                    As the critic Jonathan Meades wrote in 2006: Privilege is centripetal.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    The lower extremities were raised, and manual centripetal frictions freely applied.
                    Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
                    13
                    How did the centripetal remainer afford egress to the centrifugal departer?
                    The Odyssey
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                    Here, the violent action appeared centripetal, but with a southward tendency.
                    The Hawaiian Archipelago
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                    You see, the district-attorney's office represents the centripetal force of society.
                    Phantom Wires: A Novel
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                    Victor followed them, already feeling the centripetal force pull him to the floor.
                    Earth Unaware
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                    centrípeto
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                    centrípet
                    Centripetal through the time
                    Centripetal across language varieties
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