Usually means: Force directing towards rotation center.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word centripetal:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. centripetal: Merriam-Webster
  2. centripetal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. centripetal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. centripetal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. centripetal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Centripetal, centripetal: Wordnik
  7. centripetal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. centripetal: Wiktionary
  9. centripetal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. centripetal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. centripetal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. centripetal: Dictionary.com
  13. centripetal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Centripetal (disambiguation), Centripetal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Centripetal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. centripetal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. centripetal: Rhymezone
  18. Centripetal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. centripetal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. centripetal: FreeDictionary.org
  21. centripetal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. centripetal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. centripetal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. centripetal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. centripetal: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. centripetal: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See centripetally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (centripetal)

adjective:  Directed or moving towards a centre.
adjective:  Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force.
adjective:  (neuroanatomy, of a nerve impulse) Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.

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