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Definition of Impinge
1. Verb. Impinge or infringe upon. "This matter entrenches on other domains"
Generic synonyms: Take Advantage, Trespass
Derivative terms: Encroachment, Impingement, Impinging
2. Verb. Advance beyond the usual limit.
Generic synonyms: Advance, Go On, March On, Move On, Pass On, Progress
Derivative terms: Encroacher, Encroachment, Encroachment, Infringement
Definition of Impinge
1. v. t. To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; -- with on or upon.
Definition of Impinge
1. Verb. (intransitive now rare) To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon). ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon). ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To have an effect upon; to limit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impinge
1. to collide [v -PINGED, -PINGING, -PINGES] - See also: collide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impinge
Literary usage of Impinge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and (2) preventing the error of spherical aberration by cutting off divergent
rays which would otherwise impinge near the margins of the lens, ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"Two notched plates at the level of the gas-orifices serve to divide the upward
column of air, and cause it to impinge upon the flame. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and (2) preventing the error of spherical aberration by cutting off divergent
rays which would otherwise impinge near the margins of the lens, ..."
4. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"Body, moving, with a given Velocity, to impinge upon the Blood, and by it's Stroke
to communicate a Part of it's Motion to it : Which Supposition agrees ..."
5. 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, ..."
6. Immortality, a Study of Belief, and Earlier Addresses by William Newton Clarke (1920)
"invisible powers that silently impinge upon it. It has consisted in the sense of
God in the soul, bringing the sense of mystery, of duty, of need, ..."
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