Impactive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.

    "It is necessary to distinguish all forces sharply into two groups: 1, the attractional (gravity, adhesion, cohesion, chemism), and 2, the impactive or momentum forces of masses, molecules and atoms."

Example

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"It is necessary to distinguish all forces sharply into two groups: 1, the attractional (gravity, adhesion, cohesion, chemism), and 2, the impactive or momentum forces of masses, molecules and atoms."

Etymology

From impact + -ive.

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