Definition of Impinge on

1. Verb. Hit against; come into sudden contact with. "The car impinge ons the tree "; "He struck the table with his elbow"

Exact synonyms: Collide With, Hit, Run Into, Strike
Specialized synonyms: Stub, Ping, Bang, Spang, Rear-end, Broadside, Connect, Spat, Thud, Bottom, Bottom Out, Bump, Knock, Bump Into, Butt Against, Jar Against, Knock Against, Run Into, Clash, Collide, Glance
Generic synonyms: Touch
Related verbs: Strike
Derivative terms: Hit, Hitting, Strike, Striker, Striker, Striking
Antonyms: Miss

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impinge On

impierceable
impierced
impierces
impiercing
impies
impieties
impiety
impignorate
impignorated
impignorates
impignorating
impignoration
impignorations
imping
impinge
impinge on (current term)
impinged
impingement
impingements
impinger
impingers
impinges
impinging
impings
impinguate
impinguated
impinguates
impinguating
impinguation
impious

Literary usage of Impinge on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies: With by Edward John Routh (1860)
"Two bodies impinge on each other, to explain the nature of the action that takes place ... When two spheres of any hard material impinge on each other, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"8. ; and if a low sound or whisper be uttered at A, the vibration» expanding themselves every way will impinge on the points DDD, Sec. and from thence be ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"When two balls of glass or ivory impinge on one another, the portions of the surfaces immediately iu contact are disfigured and compressed until the ..."

4. The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid by Edward John Routh (1905)
"If two ellipsoids of equal mass impinge on each other at the extremities of their axes c, ... Two rough bodies moving in any manner impinge on each other. ..."

5. A Treatise on the Steam Engine in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam by Artizan club (London, England) (1853)
"If an elastic body A impinge on a hard and elastic plane PL, ... If a non-elastic body impinge on another non-elastic body, it loses only half the motion ..."

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