What is the meaning of IMPACT. Phrases containing IMPACT
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n.
A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.
n.
The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Impact
a.
Driven together or close.
v. t.
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
n.
An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.
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a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
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The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
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To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
n.
In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
imp. & p. p.
of Impact
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Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
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In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.
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An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
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