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
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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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It was an appulse of the moon, visible in most of North America and parts of Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
There had been a total solar eclipse, new comets, unusual sunspots and the only perfect lunar appulse in four centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
This arises from the possible appulse of the comet to the planet Pallas, whose mass, being so small, would more sensibly be disturbed by such an appulse than the earth.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas
In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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