appulse
Americannoun
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energetic motion toward a point.
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the act of striking against something.
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Astronomy. the approach or occurrence of conjunction between two celestial bodies.
noun
Other Word Forms
- appulsive adjective
- appulsively adverb
Etymology
Origin of appulse
1620–30; < Latin appulsus driven to, landed (past participle of appellere ), equivalent to ap- ap- 1 + pul- (variant stem of pellere to drive, push) + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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Mars and Uranus will appear extremely close to each other in the night sky – this is known as an appulse.
From The Guardian
In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
From Project Gutenberg
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.
From Project Gutenberg
A driving or striking against; an appulse.
From Project Gutenberg
The appulse or near approach is but one of the methods by which the spiral nebul� may have come into existence.
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