'Impingement' definitions:
Definition of 'impingement'
From: WordNet
noun
Influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: impingement, encroachment, impact]
noun
A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something [syn: impingement, impaction]
Definition of 'Impingement'
From: GCIDE
- Impingement \Im*pinge"ment\, n. The act of impinging. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impingement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appulse,
- attouchement,
- brunt,
- brush,
- bulldozing,
- bulling,
- bump,
- cannon,
- carambole,
- caress,
- carom,
- clash,
- collision,
- concussion,
- contact,
- contingence,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crump,
- crunch,
- encounter,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- glance,
- graze,
- hammering,
- impact,
- impingence,
- imposition,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- influx,
- infringement,
- injection,
- inroad,
- insinuation,
- interference,
- interjection,
- interloping,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- jar,
- jolt,
- kiss,
- mauling,
- meeting,
- nudge,
- obtrusion,
- onslaught,
- osculation,
- percussion,
- ramming,
- rub,
- shock,
- sideswipe,
- sledgehammering,
- smash,
- smash-up,
- smashing,
- taction,
- tangency,
- tentative contact,
- thrusting,
- touch,
- touching,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- unlawful entry,
- whomp