Impinge
[ɪm'pɪn(d)ʒ] or [ɪm'pɪndʒ]
Definition
(verb.) impinge or infringe upon; 'This impinges on my rights as an individual'; 'This matter entrenches on other domains'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Strike, hit, fall against, strike against, dash against, clash upon, collide with.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See IMPACT]
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Definition
v.i (with on upon against) to strike or fall against: to touch upon.—n. Impinge′ment.—adj. Imping′ent striking against.
Typist: Patricia
Examples
- Instead of the two small contact wheels, however, a projecting arm carried an iron pin or stylus, so arranged that its point would normally impinge upon the periphery of the drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fine blow-pipes were also attached, and the fire from the blow-pipes was impinged on the exposed clay until it became caked sufficiently dry and hard to overcome slipping. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At first five lines were used to carry these impulses to the receiving instrument, where there were five iron pins impinging on the drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sound-waves impinging upon the distant transmitter varied the resistance of the carbon button therein, thus causing corresponding variations in the strength of the battery current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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