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impingement

/im-pinj-muhnt/US // ɪmˈpɪndʒ mənt //

撞击,撞击事件,撞击力,撞击声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or fact of encroaching or infringing: This is an impingement on the fundamental right of free speech.
    • : the act or fact of striking or touching something, or the effect produced by this: The impingement on the diamond’s hard crystal surface is due to oxygen in the air.
    • : Medicine/Medical. the act or fact of interfering with something, especially a nerve, through contact or pressure: Impingement on the nerves can be relieved by removing the portion of the bone compressing the neural structures.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nountrespass

Examples

  • Sharp underwent surgery to repair a hip impingement in September.

  • They furnish a point of impingement in articulation, and play their part in sympathetic resonance.

  • The eye is created in conformity to the laws of light, to receive the rays and allow their impingement on the optic nerves.

  • I cannot tell the precise spot of its impingement, but it hit him hard.