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centripetence

centripetence noun: a tendency towards a center.

Noun

centripetence (uncountable)

  1. A tendency towards a center
    • […] the man being only a sort of compend of the globe with its centrifugence and centripetence, with its chemistry, with its polarity, with its undulation.1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Natural Method of Mental Philosophy

Forms of centripetence

alternative formcentripetency

Questions about centripetence

What does centripetence mean?
Centripetence means a tendency towards a center.
What part of speech is centripetence?
Centripetence is a noun.

Words near centripetence in the dictionary

  1. centripetal force
  2. centripetal forces
  3. centripetalism
  4. centripetalisms
  5. centripetally
  6. centripetence
  7. centripetency
  8. centripoise
  9. centriscid
  10. centriscids
  11. centrish

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