Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

axipetal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ax-ipetal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending toward the center or axis

adj

Seeking the axon

Dated

Example Sentences

"In a Galilean frame of reference, any point fixed relative to the Earth has an axipetal acceleration (ie directed toward the world's axis following the shortest distance, which is the perpendicular), of value Ω²(r sin θ)."
"A general law has been laid down by van Gehuchten and Cajal, that all nerve impulses are axipetal, that is, they pass towards the attachment of the axon, by which they leave the body of the cell."

Etymology

From axis + -petal.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: axis, axon

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more axipetal (comparative) most axipetal (superlative)

Synonyms

centripetal axopetal

Questions

What does axipetal mean?: Tending toward the center or axis
Where does axipetal come from?: From axis + -petal.

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