Tending towards the center. centripetal force is that force which draws or impels a body towards some point as a center; as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system. [Note: The common accentuation of centrifugal and centripetal is artificial and harsh. The accent on the first and third syllables, as in circumpolar, would be natural and easy.]
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
2. Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
3. Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
4. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Repulsion Roget’s Thesaurus §289
N. # repulsion, driving from, repulse, abduction, magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation, antigravity
V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from, chase, dispel, retrude, abduce, abduct, send away, repulse, keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder, send off, send away with a flea in one's ear
Phr. like charges repel, opposite charges attract, like poles repel, opposite poles attract
Convergence Roget’s Thesaurus §290
N. convergence, confluence, # concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration, convergency, appulse, meeting, corradiation, assemblage, resort, asymptote
V. converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with, close with, close in upon, center round, center in, enter in, pour in, gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus
Adj. converging, convergent, confluent, concurrent, centripetal, asymptotical, asymptotic, confluxible
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