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