形容詞 centripetal:

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

cen.trip.e.tal

adj.（形容詞）
Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
向心的：朝向或指向中心或軸心的
Operated by means of centripetal force.
受向心力作用的
Physiology Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
【生理學(xué)】 傳入的：向中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)傳送神經(jīng)脈沖的；傳入的
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.
【植物學(xué)】 向心的：向中心或軸心發(fā)展或前進的，如在向日葵的花盤上先開的花在邊緣，后開的花在中心
Tending or directed toward centralization:
傾向集中的：趨于或指向中心的：
例句：
the centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.
同類人種傾向集中的作用

【引伸】
centrip.etally
adv.（副詞）