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impinge

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪn(d)ʒ/

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Definition of impinge

verb (impinges, impinging, impinged)

[no object]
  • have an effect, especially a negative one:several factors impinge on market efficiency
  • advance over an area belonging to someone or something else; encroach:the proposed fencing would impinge on a public bridleway
  • (impinge on/upon) Physics strike:the gases impinge on the surface of the liquid

Derivatives

impingement

noun

impinger

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin impingere 'drive something in or at', from in- 'into' + pangere 'fix, drive'. The word originally meant 'thrust at forcibly', then 'come into forcible contact'; hence 'encroach' (mid 18th century)

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