interceptive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the coordination, joining, and interaction or interference of a moving object with another (moving or stationary) object.
adj
Pertaining to the interruption of a trajectory or course of development to stop it or divert it to a new trajectory or course of development, as opposed to correction after the fact.
adj
Pertaining to the prevention of pregnancy by interfering with the implantation of the embryo in the uterus.
adj
Pertaining to the approach and destruction of an attacking enemy force.
noun
A drug or device that prevents pregnancy by interfering with the implantation of an embryo in the uterus.
Example Sentences
- "If there is an abnormal interceptive contact the transducer is jolted more than once in a single closure of the jaws and a double sound is produced (Fig. 29.4)."
- "Even if fast interceptive actions are continuously influenced by visual information, then surely slower interceptive actions like catching are."
- "Interceptive actions are common in everyday life and are instrumental in helping humans to adapt to their complex and uncertain environments. The range of interceptive actions includes both fine and gross motor responses, performed under a variety of conditions in static and dynamic environments, embracing discrete and continuous tasks. They include mundane taks like picking up a cup, placing a foot on a kerb when crossing the road, sitting down gently on a chair, or shaking hands with a friend."
- "Usually when an interceptive monitor is chosen over a non-interceptive monitor it is because the signal levels are too low to be practical for the non-interceptive monitors."
- "If interceptive tasks consist of being at the right place at the right time, the originality of the athletic relay task is to be found in the fact that receivers have to defer the time-to-encounter."
- "interceptive orthodontics"