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acropetal botryose centripetal indefinite inflorescenceIndeterminate In`de*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis
which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients
arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the
unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal, botryose,
centripetal, & indefinite inflorescence. --Gray.
Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an
infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no
fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. --
In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. Anthropocentric
Anthropocentric An`thro*po*cen"tric, a. [Gr. ? man + ?
center.]
Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to
theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar
system. --Draper.
Back eccentricEccentric Ec*cen"tric, n.
1. A circle not having the same center as another contained
in some measure within the first.
2. One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an
anomalous or irregular person or thing.
3. (Astron.)
(a) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit
of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in
its center.
(b) A circle described about the center of an elliptical
orbit, with half the major axis for radius. --Hutton.
4. (Mach.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the
center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide.
It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for
other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a
crank having the same throw.
Back eccentric, the eccentric that reverses or backs the
valve gear and the engine.
Fore eccentric, the eccentric that imparts a forward motion
to the valve gear and the engine. BarycentricBarycentric Bar`y*cen"tric, a. [Gr. ? heavy + ? center.]
Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric
calculus, under Calculus. Barycentric calculusCalculus Cal"cu*lus, n.; pl. Calculi. [L, calculus. See
Calculate, and Calcule.]
1. (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the
body, but most frequent in the organs that act as
reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as,
biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.
2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning
by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may
involve calculation.
Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by
defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other
points to which co["e]fficients or weights are ascribed.
Calculus of functions, that branch of mathematics which
treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given
conditions.
Calculus of operations, that branch of mathematical logic
that treats of all operations that satisfy given
conditions.
Calculus of probabilities, the science that treats of the
computation of the probabilities of events, or the
application of numbers to chance.
Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which
the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities
together are themselves subject to change.
Differential calculus, a method of investigating
mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain
indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The
problems are primarily of this form: to find how the
change in some variable quantity alters at each instant
the value of a quantity dependent upon it.
Exponential calculus, that part of algebra which treats of
exponents.
Imaginary calculus, a method of investigating the relations
of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the
imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra.
Integral calculus, a method which in the reverse of the
differential, the primary object of which is to learn from
the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two
or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes
themselves, or, in other words, from having the
differential of an algebraic expression to find the
expression itself. CentricCentric Cen"tric, Centrical Cen"tric*al, a.
Placed in the center or middle; central.
At York or some other centrical place. --Sir W.
Scott.
-- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n. CentricalCentric Cen"tric, Centrical Cen"tric*al, a.
Placed in the center or middle; central.
At York or some other centrical place. --Sir W.
Scott.
-- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n. CentricallyCentric Cen"tric, Centrical Cen"tric*al, a.
Placed in the center or middle; central.
At York or some other centrical place. --Sir W.
Scott.
-- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n. CentricalnessCentric Cen"tric, Centrical Cen"tric*al, a.
Placed in the center or middle; central.
At York or some other centrical place. --Sir W.
Scott.
-- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n. Centricity
Centricity Cen*tric"i*ty, n.
The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.
CentrifugalCentrifugal Cen*trif"u*gal, a. [L. centrum center + fugere to
flee.]
1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base,
as a flower cluster.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos.
Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from
a center.
Note: When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a
force must act on the body to keep it in the circle
without change of velocity. The direction of this force
is towards the center of the circle. If this force is
applied by means of a string to the body, the string
will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the
other end of the string, this tension will appear to be
directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency
to move away from the center of the circle which it is
describing. Hence this latter force is often called
centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the
body being directed towards the center of the circle is
called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises
the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as
opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely
the different aspects of the same stress. --Clerk
Maxwell.
Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor)
sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles
by which motion is produced.
Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other
fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of
different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling
table.
Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid
is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy
imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case.
Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this
kind. Centrifugal
Centrifugal Cen*trif"u*gal, n.
A centrifugal machine.
Centrifugal filter
Centrifugal filter Cen*trif"u*gal fil"ter
A filter, as for sugar, in which a cylinder with a porous or
foraminous periphery is rapidly rotated so as to drive off
liquid by centrifugal action.
Centrifugal forceForce Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis
strong. See Fort, n.]
1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor;
might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy;
capacity of exercising an influence or producing an
effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or
impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special
signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a
contract, or a term.
He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.
--Macaulay.
2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power;
violence; coercion.
Which now they hold by force, and not by right.
--Shak.
3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval
combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; --
an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the
plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other
ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
Is Lucius general of the forces? --Shak.
4. (Law)
(a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary
to law, upon persons or things; violence.
(b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill.
5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or
tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or
motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to
change, any physical relation between them, whether
mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of
any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force;
centrifugal force.
Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy.
Catabiotic force [Gr. ? down (intens.) + ? life.] (Biol.),
the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining
cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with
the primary structures.
Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force,
etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc.
Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See
under Composition, Correlation, etc.
Force and arms [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an
expression in old indictments, signifying violence.
In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of
full virtue; not suspended or reversed. ``A testament is
of force after men are dead.' --Heb. ix. 17.
Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and
controls the metabolism of the body.
No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account;
hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
Of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. ``Good
reasons must, of force, give place to better.' --Shak.
Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts
in the growth and repair of the tissues.
Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is
inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the
cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished
from the physical forces generally known.
Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence;
violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion.
Usage: Force, Strength. Strength looks rather to power as
an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the
strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength,
strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand,
looks more to the outward; as, the force of
gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit,
etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and
force of will; but even here the former may lean
toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the
latter toward the outward expression of it in action.
But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus
closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a
marked distinction in our use of force and strength.
``Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to
whatever produces, or can produce, motion.' --Nichol.
Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty
man. --Heywood.
More huge in strength than wise in works he was.
--Spenser.
Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their
orisons, and found Strength added from above,
new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton. Centrifugal forceCentrifugal Cen*trif"u*gal, a. [L. centrum center + fugere to
flee.]
1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base,
as a flower cluster.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos.
Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from
a center.
Note: When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a
force must act on the body to keep it in the circle
without change of velocity. The direction of this force
is towards the center of the circle. If this force is
applied by means of a string to the body, the string
will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the
other end of the string, this tension will appear to be
directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency
to move away from the center of the circle which it is
describing. Hence this latter force is often called
centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the
body being directed towards the center of the circle is
called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises
the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as
opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely
the different aspects of the same stress. --Clerk
Maxwell.
Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor)
sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles
by which motion is produced.
Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other
fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of
different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling
table.
Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid
is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy
imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case.
Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this
kind. Centrifugal impressionCentrifugal Cen*trif"u*gal, a. [L. centrum center + fugere to
flee.]
1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base,
as a flower cluster.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos.
Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from
a center.
Note: When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a
force must act on the body to keep it in the circle
without change of velocity. The direction of this force
is towards the center of the circle. If this force is
applied by means of a string to the body, the string
will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the
other end of the string, this tension will appear to be
directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency
to move away from the center of the circle which it is
describing. Hence this latter force is often called
centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the
body being directed towards the center of the circle is
called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises
the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as
opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely
the different aspects of the same stress. --Clerk
Maxwell.
Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor)
sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles
by which motion is produced.
Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other
fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of
different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling
table.
Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid
is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy
imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case.
Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this
kind. Centrifugal inflorescenceInflorescence In`flo*res"cence, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of
inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere
to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and
disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis,
and to each other.
(b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflorescence affords an excellent
characteristic mark in distinguishing the
species of plants. --Milne.
Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See
under Determinate, and Indeterminate. centrifugal inflorescenceDeterminate De*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of
determinare. See Determine.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed;
established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
--Dryden.
2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
--Acts ii. 23.
3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage. --Shak.
4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the
flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which
puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal
inflorescence.
Determinate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of a
limited number of solutions.
Determinate quantities, Determinate equations (Math.),
those that are finite in the number of values or
solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem
or equation determine the number. Centrifugal machineCentrifugal Cen*trif"u*gal, a. [L. centrum center + fugere to
flee.]
1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base,
as a flower cluster.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos.
Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from
a center.
Note: When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a
force must act on the body to keep it in the circle
without change of velocity. The direction of this force
is towards the center of the circle. If this force is
applied by means of a string to the body, the string
will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the
other end of the string, this tension will appear to be
directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency
to move away from the center of the circle which it is
describing. Hence this latter force is often called
centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the
body being directed towards the center of the circle is
called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises
the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as
opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely
the different aspects of the same stress. --Clerk
Maxwell.
Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor)
sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles
by which motion is produced.
Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other
fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of
different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling
table.
Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid
is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy
imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case.
Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this
kind. Centrifugal pumpCentrifugal Cen*trif"u*gal, a. [L. centrum center + fugere to
flee.]
1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base,
as a flower cluster.
(b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos.
Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from
a center.
Note: When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a
force must act on the body to keep it in the circle
without change of velocity. The direction of this force
is towards the center of the circle. If this force is
applied by means of a string to the body, the string
will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the
other end of the string, this tension will appear to be
directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency
to move away from the center of the circle which it is
describing. Hence this latter force is often called
centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the
body being directed towards the center of the circle is
called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises
the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as
opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely
the different aspects of the same stress. --Clerk
Maxwell.
Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor)
sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles
by which motion is produced.
Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other
fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of
different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling
table.
Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid
is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy
imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case.
Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this
kind. Centrifugence
Centrifugence Cen*trif"u*gence, n.
The property or quality of being centrifugal. --R. W.
Emerson.
centringCentering Cen"ter*ing, n. (Arch.)
Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.] CentringCentring Cen"tring, n.
See Centring. CentripetalCentripetal Cen*trip"e*tal, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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.
3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
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. Centripetal forceForce Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis
strong. See Fort, n.]
1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor;
might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy;
capacity of exercising an influence or producing an
effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or
impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special
signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a
contract, or a term.
He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.
--Macaulay.
2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power;
violence; coercion.
Which now they hold by force, and not by right.
--Shak.
3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval
combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; --
an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the
plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other
ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
Is Lucius general of the forces? --Shak.
4. (Law)
(a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary
to law, upon persons or things; violence.
(b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill.
5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or
tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or
motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to
change, any physical relation between them, whether
mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of
any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force;
centrifugal force.
Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy.
Catabiotic force [Gr. ? down (intens.) + ? life.] (Biol.),
the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining
cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with
the primary structures.
Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force,
etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc.
Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See
under Composition, Correlation, etc.
Force and arms [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an
expression in old indictments, signifying violence.
In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of
full virtue; not suspended or reversed. ``A testament is
of force after men are dead.' --Heb. ix. 17.
Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and
controls the metabolism of the body.
No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account;
hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
Of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. ``Good
reasons must, of force, give place to better.' --Shak.
Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts
in the growth and repair of the tissues.
Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is
inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the
cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished
from the physical forces generally known.
Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence;
violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion.
Usage: Force, Strength. Strength looks rather to power as
an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the
strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength,
strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand,
looks more to the outward; as, the force of
gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit,
etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and
force of will; but even here the former may lean
toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the
latter toward the outward expression of it in action.
But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus
closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a
marked distinction in our use of force and strength.
``Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to
whatever produces, or can produce, motion.' --Nichol.
Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty
man. --Heywood.
More huge in strength than wise in works he was.
--Spenser.
Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their
orisons, and found Strength added from above,
new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton. Centripetal forceCentripetal Cen*trip"e*tal, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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.
3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
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. Centripetal impressionCentripetal Cen*trip"e*tal, a. [L. centrum center + petere to
move toward.]
1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
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.
3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward
its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
--R. Owen.
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. Centripetal inflorescenceInflorescence In`flo*res"cence, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of
inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere
to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and
disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis,
and to each other.
(b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
Inflorescence affords an excellent
characteristic mark in distinguishing the
species of plants. --Milne.
Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See
under Determinate, and Indeterminate. Centripetence
Centripetence Cen*trip"e*tence, n.
Centripetency.
Centripetency
Centripetency Cen*trip"e*ten*cy, n.
Tendency toward the center.
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