centripetal
1. tending to move toward a center - centripetal force • Ant: centrifugal • Similar to: inward-developing, inward-moving 2. tending to unify • Syn: unifying • Similar to: centralizing, centralising 3. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system - sensory neurons • Syn: receptive, sensory • Similar to: afferent • Derivationally related forms: receive (for: receptive)
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