Hyphenation of centripetal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word centripetal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

cen-tripetal

Definitions of centripetal:

1.	Tending to move toward a center Centripetal force
2.	Tending to unify
3.	Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system Sensory neurons

Synonyms of centripetal:

adj	centripetal, inward-moving, inward-developing
adj	unifying, centralizing
adj	receptive, sensory, afferent

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