centripetal

形容词 centripetal:

1. tending to move toward a center
2. tending to unify
   同义词：unifying
3. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
   同义词：receptive, sensory

cen.trip.e.tal

adj.（形容词）
Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
向心的：朝向或指向中心或轴心的
Operated by means of centripetal force.
受向心力作用的
Physiology Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
【生理学】 传入的：向中枢神经系统传送神经脉冲的；传入的
Botany Developing or progressing inward toward the center or axis, as in the head of a sunflower, in which the oldest flowers are near the edge and the youngest flowers are in the center.
【植物学】 向心的：向中心或轴心发展或前进的，如在向日葵的花盘上先开的花在边缘，后开的花在中心
Tending or directed toward centralization:
倾向集中的：趋于或指向中心的：
例句：
the centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.
同类人种倾向集中的作用

【引伸】
centrip.etally
adv.（副词）