Defined by Beavers as part of the Beavers-Timberlawn Model, a family system dynamic in which members are tightly bound to one another emotionally and encouraged to seek gratification from one another
This means simply "towards the centre " Most commonly it is encountered in mechanics A centripetal force is the force attracting an object to the centre during circular motion The opposite to centripetal is centrifugal On cells, centripetal waves travel toward the nucleus As the nucleus is toward the rear of a cell, such waves move, approximately, from front to back
tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force" of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" tending to unify
Property of the motion of an object traveling in a circular path. Centripetal describes the force on the object, directed toward the centre of the circle, which causes a constant change in the object's direction and thus its acceleration. The magnitude of centripetal acceleration a is equal to the square of the object's velocity v along the curved path divided by the object's distance r from the centre of the circle, or a = v^2/r
The acceleration which acts toward the center of the circle on an object in uniform circular motion; its magnitude is a = v2/r where v is the speed and r is the radius of the circle
n. The component of force acting on a body in curvilinear motion that is directed toward the center of curvature or axis of rotation. Centripetal force is necessary for an object to move with circular motion. a force which makes things move towards the centre of something when they are moving around it (centripetus, from centr- + petere )