Both Uses of
centripetal
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- How did the centripetal remainer afford egress to the centrifugal departer?†
Chpt 17 *centripetal = tending to move toward a center
- What sound accompanied the union of their tangent, the disunion of their (respectively) centrifugal and centripetal hands?†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(centripetal) tending to move toward a center
or:
tending to centralize -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will describe many more specialized senses of centripetal.