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centripetal
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centripetal
1. acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
2. of, concerned with, or operated by centripetal force
3. Botany (esp of certain inflorescences) developing from the outside towards the centre
4. Physiol another word for afferent

centripetal [‚sen′trip·əd·əl]
(mechanics)
Acting or moving in a direction toward the axis of rotation or the center of a circle along which a body is moving.


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The follicles are small and, in males, a thick cortex of spermatogonias, spermatocytes I and spermatides arranged centripetally is observed, and spermatozoids are organized in radial rows with the flagella towards the follicular light (Fig.
To develop leadership competence in community and culture is a centrifugal movement which would demystify foreign ideologies embodied in 'things' non-African and a simultaneous shift centripetally to an African reality in terms of living, learning, and studying.
Some ooid cortices are moderately to heavily centripetally bored.
 
 
 
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