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==Origin==

==Origin==

New Latin ''centripetus'', from ''centr''- + [[Latin]] [[petere]] to go to, [[seek]]

New Latin ''centripetus'', from ''centr''- + [[Latin]] [[petere]] to go to, [[seek]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1709]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1709]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: proceeding or [[acting]] in a [[direction]] toward a [[center]] or [[axis]]

*1: proceeding or [[acting]] in a [[direction]] toward a [[center]] or [[axis]]

*2: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afferent afferent]

*2: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afferent afferent]

*3: tending toward centralization : [[unifying]]   

*3: tending toward centralization : [[unifying]]   

==Description==

==Description==

'''Centripetal''' [[force]] (from [[Latin]] ''centrum'' "[[center]]" and ''petere'' "to seek") is a [[force]] that makes a body follow a curved [[path]]: its [[direction]] is always orthogonal to the [[velocity]] of the body, toward the fixed [[point]] of the instantaneous center of curvature of the path. Centripetal force is generally the [[cause]] of [[circular]] [[motion]].

'''Centripetal''' [[force]] (from [[Latin]] ''centrum'' "[[center]]" and ''petere'' "to seek") is a [[force]] that makes a body follow a curved [[path]]: its [[direction]] is always orthogonal to the [[velocity]] of the body, toward the fixed [[point]] of the instantaneous center of curvature of the path. Centripetal force is generally the [[cause]] of [[circular]] [[motion]].

In [[simple]] terms, ''centripetal'' force is defined as a force which keeps a body moving with a [[uniform]] speed along a circular [[path]] and is directed along the [[radius]] towards the centre. The mathematical [[description]] was derived in 1659 by Dutch physicist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens Christiaan Huygens]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton]'s description was: "A centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a [[point]] as to a [[center|centre]]."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal]

In [[simple]] terms, ''centripetal'' force is defined as a force which keeps a body moving with a [[uniform]] speed along a circular [[path]] and is directed along the [[radius]] towards the centre. The mathematical [[description]] was derived in 1659 by Dutch physicist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens Christiaan Huygens]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton]'s description was: "A centripetal force is that by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a [[point]] as to a [[center|centre]]."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Centrifugal]]'''''

*'''''[[Centrifugal]]'''''

[[Category: Physics]]

[[Category: Physics]]