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A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
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impingement
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impingement \Im*pinge"ment\, n. The act of impinging.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s; see impinge + -ment .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of impinge.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: encroachment , impact ] a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something [syn: impaction ]
Usage examples of impingement.
The impingement of the alpha particles on the robot positronic brain was drastic.
The dislocation also provides a barrier against the operating impingement of the physical energy transfer/generation/entropy laws of the spatio-temporal coordinates of the systems hereafter described.