Centripetal Latin  ə Adjective Axis Cen·Trip·E·Tal  New Petere

cen·trip·e·tal
 \\sen-ˈtri-pə-t^əl\\ adjective1. proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
2. 

afferent

3. tending toward centralization : unifying
• cen·trip·e·tal·ly  \\-tə-lē\\ adverb

cen·trip·e·tal
\(ˈ)sen.|tripəd.^əl, -pət^əl, esp Brit also |sen.trə̇|pēt-\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin centripetus (from centri- + -petus, from Latin petere to go toward, seek) + English -al — more at 
1. : moving, proceeding, or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
 < centripetal acceleration of a body >
— opposed to centrifugal
2. 
 a. : developing and expanding successively upward and inward toward the summit or center — used of the flowers of an inflorescence
 b. : having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit — used of an embryo
3. : passing inward (as from a sense organ to the brain or spinal cord) : 
4. : tending toward centralization : unifying, 
 < one of the chief centripetal factors in the empire, a power which automatically held the parts together — John Buchan >