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Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
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Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
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Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
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'seeking the center'. See Afferent.
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tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force"
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tending to unify
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pulled towards the center, usually by centripetal force.
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Proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis.
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(20) -- tending toward the center
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(Latin, centripetal = center seeking) can be used to describe the direction of growth, movement or migration.
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directed, or developing, from the outside towards the centre or axis.
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Centripetal (meaning "center seeking" in Latin) means directed towards the center.
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A centripetal pathway is a neural pathway that carries ascending or afferent neural signals.
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Inward”. Describes an apparent movement or tendency to move toward a center, inward from without.
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