Impactive
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Synonyms
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More examples"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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