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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"
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
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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