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Impact
Pronunciation : Im*pact"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
Definition : Defn: To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.
t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Im"pact
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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