Impinge Definition

ĭm-pĭnj
impinged, impinges, impinging
verb
impinged, impinges, impinging
To have an effect or influence.
American Heritage
To strike, hit, or dash (on, upon, or against something)
Webster's New World
To make inroads or encroach (on or upon the property or rights of another)
Webster's New World
To touch (on or upon); have an effect.
An idea that impinges on one's mind.
Webster's New World
To advance over or press upon something.
Pain caused by a bone impinging upon a nerve.
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Origin of Impinge

  • Latin impingere in- against in–2 pangere to fasten pag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin impingō (“dash against, impinge”).

    From Wiktionary

Impinge Sentence Examples

  • But the whole thing didn't really impinge on me that much.

  • The peculiarity of the instrument consists in the stream of water, as it enters the hydrometer chamber, being made to impinge against a disk of metal, by which it is broken into drops, thus liberating the steam, which would otherwise disturb the instrument.

  • You do not have to look too far to find examples of how international relations impinge on our everyday lives.

  • Characteristic, also, is their action on a photographic plate, and the phosphorescence which they occasion when they impinge on zinc sulphide and some other salts.

  • If two masses m1, nil moving in the same straight line impinge, with the result that the velocities are changed from u1, u2, to ui, ui, then, since the impulses on the two bodies must be equal and opposite, the total momentum is unchanged, i.e.

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