IMPACTED
impacted, wedged
(adjective) wedged or packed in together; “an impacted tooth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
impacted
simple past tense and past participle of impact
Adjective
impacted (comparative more impacted, superlative most impacted)
Having undergone an impact.
(dentistry) Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
(US, economics) Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pact"ed, a.
Definition: Driven together or close. Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable.
IMPACT
Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] Etym: [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
Definition: To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.
Im"pact, n.
1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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