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appulse

/uh-puhls/US // əˈpʌls //UK // (əˈpʌls) //

冲动,脉冲,冲击力,冲击波

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : energetic motion toward a point.
    • : the act of striking against something.
    • : Astronomy. the approach or occurrence of conjunction between two celestial bodies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inimpact

Examples

  • Appulse, ap-puls′, n. a striking against: the approach of a planet to a conjunction with the sun or a star.

  • Every appulse of life against matter means an added push in the direction of spiritualization.

  • May not the effect be mechanical, the appulse of the air separating the flame from the wick.

  • The next approximate appulse of the two bodies will occur in 1985, when the form of the comet's orbit may be sensibly modified.

  • The appulse or near approach is but one of the methods by which the spiral nebul may have come into existence.