centripetal

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centripetal

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Borrowed from German zentripetal. By surface analysis, centripet + -al.

Both the English and the German adjectives have their origin in the root of the Latin for 'centrum', combined with the Latin for 'searching': 'petere', and the suffix for adjectives '-al'.

The Latin verb 'fugere', = 'fleeing', forms the second part of 'centrifugal', the antonym of 'centripetal'.

adjective centripetală · centripetali · centripetale · centripetal

masculine, neuter centripetal

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@misc{centripetal_2026,
  title = {centripetal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/centripetal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}