impingement, impaction
(noun) a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
impaction, impacted tooth
(noun) a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
impaction
(noun) a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon
impaction
(noun) the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impaction (countable and uncountable, plural impactions)
compression; the packing together of loose matter
something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter
(medicine) a solid, immobile bulk of stool
(dentistry) Failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pac"tion, n. Etym: [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.]
1. (Surg.)
Definition: The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.
2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2025
(noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
