What's the difference between centripetal and unifying?
Centripetal
Definition:
(a.) Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
(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.
Unifying
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unify
Example Sentences:
(1) A unified hypothesis for the neuropathologic effect of the diverse spectrum of toxic chemicals known to induce giant axonopathies is presented, based on recently published data on the structure of NF protein.
(2) 'The right-wing bloc will now be able to unify around one leader,' said Robert Misik, a senior Austrian journalist and commentator.
(3) One possibly unifying hypothesis for the obesity and pregnancy association is sustained hyperestrogenemia.
(4) Iraqi politicians started to brand themselves as cross-sectarian nationalists who wanted to build a unified Iraq.
(5) Both the in vitro and the in vivo aspects of the problem are discussed in some detail and an attemps is made to provide a reasonably unified concept for both.
(6) A unified hypothesis of lung injury in pulmonary emphysema is presented, involving both PMN and macrophage elastases and the actions of cigarette smoke.
(7) We review data that either support or reject these hypotheses and suggest a third unifying hypothesis.
(8) The contract must be acceptable to the tens of thousands of junior doctors who took unified action over the past few months to ensure patient safety and fair working conditions.
(9) Instead of unifying to demand greater access they chose to comply with the government’s demands and refusal to permit deliveries of aid, the report said.
(10) In contrast to past precedents such as the creation of Israel or Liberia, it is not obvious that “refugee” would be a sufficiently strong unifying identity to encourage disparate populations to live together.
(11) In this note is recommended a unified nomenclature for allotypes and variants of human complement factor B, which was approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).
(12) After a historical introduction describing previous observations and views on the structure and composition of the internal limiting membrane of the retina (MLI), it is concluded that no definite unifying concept exists concerning the MLI structure.
(13) A unified approach to ligamentous instability of the lateral side of the ankle was investigated in 100 ankles of 81 patients (age range, ten to 59 years).
(14) A unifying hypothesis is proposed for the mechanism of insulin action in adipose tissue.
(15) The lack of a proven cause-and-effect relationship between mitral valve prolapse and panic disorder and the absence of a unifying mechanism do not diminish the clinical significance of the high rate of co-occurrence between the two conditions.
(16) However, in the case of the important octylphenol ethoxylates [p-C8H17-C6H4-O-(CH2CH2O)n-H], HPLC cannot resolve individual oligomers of high molecular weight Triton surfactants (e.g., greater than 2000 u or so; u = unified atomic mass unit).
(17) This paper presents a unified account of the properties of the measures, Malthusian parameter and entropy in predicting evolutionary change in populations of macromolecules, cells and individuals.
(18) Schwartz was a stickler for historical detail, which, combined with Friedman's vision of a unifying structure for tracing the effects of monetary developments on the economy, led to an entertaining work that changed our view of how the macroeconomy worked.
(19) Systematic research using such a model has shown several psychosocial factors to be associated with cancer onset and progression, and Temoshok has recently suggested a theoretical model which unifies these findings.
(20) The meeting at Tamarron illustrated the multiplicity of molecular changes found in breast cancer and concluded with the disquieting sense that, so far, there is no simple unifying molecular model to explain the etiology of the disease.