The quality or state of moving toward or being directed toward a center; the property of centripetal force or attraction.
From centripetal adjective plus abstract noun suffix -ence. A technical term formed in the 18th century as physicists formalized terminology around orbital mechanics.
Centripetence is the scientific word for gravity's grip on planets—it's the property that makes orbits possible, yet you'll rarely hear it spoken aloud because physicists prefer the more famous term 'centripetal force.'
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