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adduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

traction collapse: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"

momentum collapse: the product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"; an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

gravitation collapse: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"; movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

centripetal collapse: tending to move toward a center; "centripetal force"; of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"; tending to unify

radial collapse: pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing; arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"; issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light; "radial heat"; relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius; "radial velocity"; relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the forearm"

life force collapse: (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

life cycle collapse: a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage; the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

biological clock collapse: an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions

heartbeat collapse: an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"

tangential collapse: of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent; "tangential forces"

magnetism collapse: the branch of science that studies magnetism; attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

anima collapse: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

air corps collapse: formerly the airborne division of the United States Army

enforce collapse: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";; compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"

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