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The word centripetal comes from a Greek term meaning:

ACentre-seeking
BCentre-shifting
CCentre-shedding
DCentre-sharing
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Centre-seeking
1. The name captures the direction of the acceleration. 2. Centripetal comes from a Greek term which means centre-seeking. 3. So the correct answer is centre-seeking. _Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 4 'Motion in a Plane'_
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