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axipetal

axipetal adjective: tending toward the center or axis.

Adjective (1)

axipetal (comparative more axipetal, superlative most axipetal)

  1. Tending toward the center or axis
    • In a Galilean frame of reference, any point fixed relative to the Earth has an axipetal acceleration (ie directed toward the world's axis following the shortest distance, which is the perpendicular), of value Ω²(r sin θ).2000, Louis Lliboutry, Quantitative Geophysics and Geology, page 140
    Synonyms:
    centripetal

Adjective (2)

axipetal (comparative more axipetal, superlative most axipetal)

  1. (dated) Seeking the axon
    • A general law has been laid down by van Gehuchten and Cajal, that all nerve impulses are axipetal, that is, they pass towards the attachment of the axon, by which they leave the body of the cell.1905, William Senhouse Kirkes, Handbook of Physiology, page 204
    Synonyms:
    axopetal

Synonyms of axipetal

Forms of axipetal

comparativemore axipetal
superlativemost axipetal

Origin of axipetal

From axis + -petal.

From axon + -petal.

Questions about axipetal

What does axipetal mean?
Axipetal means tending toward the center or axis.
What part of speech is axipetal?
Axipetal is an adjective.

Words near axipetal in the dictionary

  1. axiopod
  2. axiopods
  3. axiopulpal
  4. Axios
  5. axiosymmetric
  6. axipetal
  7. axipolar
  8. axis
  9. Axis Age
  10. axis cylinder
  11. axis cylinders

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