āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
centripetal
/sËÉntÉšaâÉĒptÉâl/
centripetal
01
āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§, āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤
moving, directed, or acting toward a central point or axis
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The dancers moved in a graceful, centripetal pattern toward the center of the stage.
āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§
describing sensory pathways that carry signals from the body toward the brain or spinal cord
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Damage to centripetal pathways can impair sensory perception.
āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĨā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§, āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§
bringing different parts together into a cohesive whole
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The festival had a centripetal effect, drawing residents closer together.
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
