Antonyms of adj centripetal

3 senses of centripetal

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

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
centripetal, unifying (prenominal) -- (tending to unify)

INDIRECT (VIA centralizing) -> decentralizing, decentralising -- (tending away from a central point)

Sense 3
centripetal, receptive, sensory (prenominal) -- (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons")

INDIRECT (VIA afferent) -> efferent, motorial -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses")

Similarity of adj centripetal

3 senses of centripetal

Sense 1
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
centripetal, unifying (prenominal) -- (tending to unify)
       => centralizing (prenominal) (vs. decentralizing), centralising (prenominal) -- (tending to draw to a central point)

Sense 3
centripetal, receptive, sensory (prenominal) -- (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons")
       => afferent (vs. efferent) -- (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses")