cen·trip·e·tal
adjective/ˌsentrɪˈpiːtl/, /senˈtrɪpɪtl/
/senˈtrɪpɪtl/
(specialist)- moving or tending to move towards a centre
向心的 Oxford Collocations DictionaryCentripetal is used with these nouns:- force
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from modern Latin centripetus, from Latin centrum (from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’) + -petus ‘seeking’ (from petere ‘seek’).