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Centrifugal

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

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Efferent 84% connected

Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

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Efferent 84% connected

Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

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Motorial 84% connected

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey i…

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Motorial 84% connected

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey i…

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Motor 92% connected

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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-tre noun · 78% connection

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

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Accede verb · 78% connection

To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.

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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Back verb · 78% connection

To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

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Centralize verb · 78% connection

To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

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Centrolineal adjective · 78% connection

Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

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Concentre verb · 78% connection

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

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Cyclone noun · 78% connection

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…

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Diameter noun · 78% connection

a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its s…

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Die verb · 78% connection

To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.

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Diminish verb · 78% connection

To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.

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Diverge verb · 78% connection

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to…

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Ebb verb · 78% connection

To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

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Eccentric adjective · 78% connection

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation fr…

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Eccentricity noun · 78% connection

The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the sem…

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Elongate verb · 78% connection

To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

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Epicycle noun · 78% connection

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…

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