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Centrifical vs Centripetal - What's the difference?

centrifical | centripetal |

As adjectives the difference between centrifical and centripetal

is that centrifical is while centripetal is directed or moving towards a centre.

centrifical

English

Adjective

(head)

    • References

    *Embree, Mary. The Birds and Bees of Words: A Guide to the Most Common Errors in Usage, Spelling, and Grammar , Allworth Press, 2007, p.156

    centripetal

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia centripetal) (-)
  • directed or moving towards a centre
  • of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force
  • (neuroanatomy, of a nerve impulse) directed towards the central nervous system; afferent

    • Antonyms

    * centrifugal

    Derived terms

    * centripetal force