Crossword clues for impingement
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impingement
Impingement \Im*pinge"ment\, n. The act of impinging.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
impingement
1670s; see impinge + -ment.
Wiktionary
impingement
n. The act of impinge.
WordNet
impingement
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.