Centripetally

adv. [f. prec. + -LY².] In a centripetal manner or direction; from the exterior towards the interior or center.

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1854. R. Owen, in Circ. Sc. (1865), II. 57/2. Ossification … proceeds centripetally.

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1881. Pennsylv. Sch. Jrnl., XXX. 86. While the adult may be educated centrifugally, the child must be educated centripetally.

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1884. Bower & Scott, De Bary’s Phaner., 362. The development … begins at the periphery of the ring, and in general proceeds centripetally.

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