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IMPACTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wedged or packed in together
Example:
an impacted tooth
Synonyms:
impacted; wedged
Classified under:
Similar:
compact (closely and firmly united or packed together)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb impact
Context examples:
Mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have confirmed NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft impacted the surface of Mercury, as anticipated, at 3:26 p.m. EDT.
(NASA Completes MESSENGER Mission with Expected Impact on Mercury's Surface, NASA)
They found a notable difference between more impacted nearshore reefs in the Florida Keys and the heavily protected offshore reefs in Cuba such as Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen), the largest protected area in the Caribbean, located about 50 miles off the southern coast of Cuba.
(Microbes reflect the health of coral reefs, National Science Foundation)
The authors of this study, Leila Wehbe, Ph.D. student in the Machine Learning Department of the Carnegie Mellon University and Tom Mitchell, the department head, said the model is still inexact, but might someday be useful in studying and diagnosing reading disorders, such as dyslexia, or to track the recovery of patients whose speech was impacted by a stroke.
(Researchers identify brain regions that encode words, grammar, story, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
