Centripetal usually refers to centripetal force, a force that keeps a body on a curved path.
Centripetal may also refer to: Centripetal acceleration Centripetal Catmull–Rom spline (computer graphics) Centripetal harmony Centripetal obesity Centripetal Spring Armchair Centripetal structure (theoretical linguistics) – see Lucien Tesnière
See also Centrifugal (disambiguation) History of centrifugal and centripetal forces