Adjective: centripetal sen'tri-pi-t(u)l
- Tending to move toward a centre
"centripetal force"
- Tending to unify
"The leader's centripetal influence brought the group together";
- unifying
- Of a nerve fibre or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"centripetal neurons";
- receptive, sensory
See also: afferent, centralising [Brit], centralizing, inward-developing, inward-moving
Antonym: centrifugal
Encyclopedia: Centripetal