impinge
/ɪmˈpɪnd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Loud noise can impinge on the eardrum, causing temporary hearing damage."
- "The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […]"
- "[...] are bent up at right angles to the plate to form flanges which impinge the opposite sides of the nut, thus preventing the latter from turning. It is evident that the bolt-body proper is in no way mutilated or injured and that[…]"
- "In the second or operative position of the hinged prism, the opaque plate mounting the prism is moved out of the optical path so that light from the laser source is transmitted along the optical path to impinge the target at the[…]"
- "In the near field not only the shock wave but also the expanding products of the explosion will impinge the plate which introduces some[…]"
- "For example, if the trophic fibre is impinged there would be too much or too little gastric juice; if the motor fibre is impinged the muscular contractions of the stomach would be lessened; if the sensory fibre is impinged there[…]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin