centripetal impression

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centripetal impression - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Centripetal \Cen*trip"e*tal\, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
     move toward.]
     1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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     2. (Bot.)
        (a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and
            proceeding in order towards the summit.
        (b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
            fruit, as some embryos.
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     3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
        its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
        --R. Owen.
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     Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is
        towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round
        the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal  force
        , under Centrifugal.
  
     Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory)
        transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the
        body inwards, to the central organ.
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