Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centripetence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tripe-tence
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tendency towards a center

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] the man being only a sort of compend of the globe with its centrifugence and centripetence, with its chemistry, with its polarity, with its undulation."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

centripetency (alternative)

Questions

What does centripetence mean?: A tendency towards a center

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