Centripetal
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 向心的
- ［英］ adj. 向心的 ( moving or tending to move toward a center)
- ［记］ （记）centri ( 中心) +pet ( 追求) +al -> 追求中心 -> 向心的
- ［同］ 同根词: petition ( 请愿, 请求) ; competition ( 比赛)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: New Latin centripetus, from centr- + Latin petere to go to, seek — more at feather
- Date: 1709
- 1. proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
- 2. afferent
- 3. tending toward centralization ; unifying
- ? centripetally adverb
