Impinging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impinge \Im*pinge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impinged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Impinging}.] [L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to
     fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See
     {Pact}, and cf. {Impact}.]
     To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to
     clash with; -- with on or upon.


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           The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light
           on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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           But, in the present order of things, not to be employed
           without impinging on God's justice.      --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impinging
       n : the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact
           with the pier scraped paint from the hull" [syn: {contact},
            {striking}]