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单词 centripetal
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centripetal

adjective
/ˌsentrɪˈpiːtl/, /senˈtrɪpɪtl/
/senˈtrɪpɪtl/
(specialist)
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  1. moving or tending to move towards a centre
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCentripetal is used with these nouns:
    • force
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from modern Latin centripetus, from Latin centrum (from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’) + -petus ‘seeking’ (from petere ‘seek’).
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