IMPACTING

Verb

impacting

present participle of impact

Source: Wiktionary


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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