Antonyms of adj centrifugal

3 senses of centrifugal

Sense 1
centrifugal (vs. centripetal) -- (tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force")

centripetal (vs. centrifugal) -- (tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force")
        => inward-developing -- (toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center)
        => inward-moving -- (moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve)

Sense 2
centrifugal -- (tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress")

INDIRECT (VIA decentralizing) -> centralizing, centralising -- (tending to draw to a central point)

Sense 3
centrifugal, motor (prenominal) -- (conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves")

INDIRECT (VIA efferent) -> afferent -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses")

Similarity of adj centrifugal

3 senses of centrifugal

Sense 1
centrifugal (vs. centripetal) -- (tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force")
       => outward-developing -- (away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge)
       => outward-moving -- (moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve)

Sense 2
centrifugal -- (tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress")
       => decentralizing (prenominal) (vs. centralizing), decentralising (prenominal) -- (tending away from a central point)

Sense 3
centrifugal, motor (prenominal) -- (conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves")
       => efferent (vs. afferent), motorial -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses")