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Definition of Impactive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impactive
Literary usage of Impactive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes by William Fairbairn (1858)
"Similarly when the bar subjected to impact is loaded with 28 Ibs. in the centre,
the transverse is to the impactive strength as 2685 : 4546, or as 1:1-69; ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"... at various degrees of temperature, we have yet to determine; but assuming that
iron is more liable to fracture from an impactive force at a very low ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1909)
"... crushing by causing the larger pieces of the material of the charge to act as
grinders, whether crushing is abrasive or impactive, etc. ..."
4. Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society by Massachusetts Medical Society (1907)
"A single recurrence of impactive (irritation) symptoms, like a recurrence of
appendicular colic, is enough to justify operation. ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"... nothing else than a bridge, which has comparatively a light load to support,
and one, moreover, which is of a less variable and impactive character. ..."
6. Useful Information for Engineers: Being a Series of Lectures Delivered by William Fairbairn (1860)
"... at various degrees of temperature, we have yet to determine; but assuming that
iron is more liable to fracture from an impactive force at a very low ..."
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