APPULSE

Etymology

Noun

appulse (plural appulses)

An energetic movement towards or against something

(astronomy) conjunction or occultation

(astronomy) a close approach of two heavenly bodies

Anagrams

• papules, upleaps

Source: Wiktionary


Ap"pulse, n. Etym: [L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse.]

1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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