(a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
(a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.
(a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Abducting saccades, which were slightly hypometric, displayed a marked postsaccadic centripetal drift.
(2) The study shows 3 groups of AN families, centripetal (53%), centrifugal (24%) and mixed (24%), supporting a hypothesis that AN families are a heterogeneous group.
(3) In these subjects, the centripetal reorientation of the platelet granules, which may be early structural changes of the release reaction, failed to occur.
(4) The direction of the arterial blood flow in the mature animal is predominantly centrifugal, while the venous drainage is centripetal.
(5) The responses obtained from circular muscle originating from either the centripetal or centrifugal gyri of the ascending colon did not differ significantly.
(6) The regenerative phase consists of centripetal cellular regeneration, cellular repair and some residual damage.
(7) The mechanisms involved in the selective degeneration of centrifugal and centripetal optic fibers is discussed.
(8) In addition, they suggest that migration is an important aspect of the regeneration response in the free graft system and permits the myogenic population to contribute en masse to the centripetal wave of regeneration from the time it is initiated at the muscle periphery.
(9) In both cases the spreading involves the peripheral actin cortex and is accompanied by a continual centripetal movement of surface components--a "membrane flow"--which continues even after spreading is completed.
(10) The concept of centripetal and centrifugal modes constructively links the illness life cycle to the individual and family life cycles.
(11) Four images were retained, and were graded 0 (absence) or 1 (presence): hypodensity before injection of the contrast material, arteriolar halo after injection, progressive centripetal filling and late hyperdensity.
(12) Certain head and neck malignancies tend to invade branches of the cranial nerves and progress centripetally.
(13) These data exhibit a highly negative selection intensity and selective mortality at the lower and higher birth weights than at intermediate weights, an example of stabilizing or centripetal natural selection.
(14) Activated regions of caged resorufin (CR)-labeled actin in lamellipodia of IMR 90 and MC7 3T3 fibroblasts were observed to move centripetally over time.
(15) In immunolight microscopy, NFPs (neurofilament proteins) are confined to the centripetal domain.
(16) On the other hand, dendrites of starburst amacrine cells process information electrotonically with a bias towards the centrifugal direction and for a restricted range of membrane resistance values the voltage attenuation in the centripetal direction suggests that the action of these dendrites can be confined locally.
(17) In contrast the negativity preceded centripetal saccades by only 500 msec, and its peak amplitude was smaller (4.6 microV).
(18) The boot can exert continuous centripetal pressure on both sides of the calcaneus to control transverse displacement and to maintain the normal height of the heel.
(19) Muscularization appears to occur in a centripetal direction and is apparent in the caudate at approximately 30 weeks' gestation.
(20) There was one localized area of apparent centripetal accumulation of contrast medium.
Moving
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Move
(a.) Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.
(a.) Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
(n.) The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
Example Sentences:
(1) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
(2) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
(3) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
(4) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
(5) The move would require some secondary legislation; higher fines for employers paying less than the minimum wage would require new primary legislation.
(6) Five of them had a fast-moving Eco RI fragment 5.6 kb long that hybridized with zeta-specific probe but not with alpha-specific probe.
(7) 2010 2 May : In a move that signals the start of the eurozone crisis, Greece is bailed out for the first time , after eurozone finance ministers agree to grant the country rescue loans worth €110bn (£84bn).
(8) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
(9) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
(10) Dzeko he has failed to hold down a starting berth since his £27m move in January 2011.
(11) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
(12) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
(13) In the far east is the arid, depressed country leading down Hell’s Canyon, which bottoms out at the Snake River, which the wolves crossed when they moved from Idaho, and which they now treat more as a crosswalk than a barrier.
(14) Wright said he had recently shown a family moving from London around a four-bedroom house with a paddock, on sale for £375,000.
(15) Johnson said the move would save businesses £350m from not having to meet the more exacting standards, which will now only have to be met by buses.
(16) Like many families, we’ve had to move to escape the fighting.
(17) Although a variety of new teaching strategies and materials are available in education today, medical education has been slow to move away from the traditional lecture format.
(18) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(19) Scientists at the University of Trento, Italy, have discovered that the way a dog's tail moves is linked to its mood, and by observing each other's tails, dogs can adjust their behaviour accordingly .
(20) The appointment of the mayor of London's brother, who formally becomes a Cabinet Office minister, is one of a series of moves designed to strengthen the political operation in Downing Street and to patch up the prime minister's frayed links with the Conservative party.