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IMPINGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The physical coming together of two or more things
Example:
contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("impinging" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impinging"):
collision; hit ((physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together)
engagement; interlocking; mesh; meshing (contact by fitting together)
flick (a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible))
impact (the striking of one body against another)
touch; touching (the event of something coming in contact with the body)
Derivation:
impinge (impinge or infringe upon)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb impinge
