About The Word Appulse
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Appulse
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What's The Definition Of Appulse?Synonyms | Synonyms for Appulse: Related Terms | Find terms related to Appulse: See Also | Appulse In Webster's Dictionary \Ap"pulse\ (?; 277), n. [L. appulsus, fr. appellere,
appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F.
appulse.]
1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the
act of striking against.
In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
--Holder.
2. (Astron.) The near approach of one heavenly body to
another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction;
as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the
meridian.
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