centripetal
centripetal
意味(日本語)
求心的な、中心に向かう ◇L.petere(=seek)
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
意味(英語)
- (adjective) Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
- (adjective) Operated by means of centripetal force.
- (adjective) Physiology Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
- (adjective) 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.
- (adjective) Tending or directed toward centralization: the centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.
例文
- That force which opposes itself to this endeavor, and by which the sling continually draws back the stone toward the hand and retains it in its orbit, because it is directed to the hand as the center of the orbit, I call the centripetal force.

語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう
centre、center
centre、center
中心
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
central
central
中心の
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
centralism
centralism
中央集権主義、求心性
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
centralization
centralization
集中、中央集権
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
centricity
centricity
求心性
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
centrifugal
centrifugal
遠心力の、中心から発する ◇centre+fugal < L.fugere(=to fly from[fugitive逃亡者])
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
centrosphere
centrosphere
(地球の)核 ◇sphere(=球)
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
concentrate
concentrate
集中する ◇con(=with、together)
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
concentration
concentration
集中 ◇con(=with)
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
concentric
concentric
(数)同心の、
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
eccentric
eccentric
変わった ◇ec=ex(=out 外れる)
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)
eccentricity
eccentricity
奇行 ◇ec=ex(=out 外れる)
語源
- cent(e)r- : L.centrum = center(中心)