Impinging

Definition: Impinging

Impinging

Noun

1. The physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull".

Date "impinging" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Synonyms: Impinging

Synonyms: contact (n), striking (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Impinging

English words defined with "impinging": Appulsive. (references)

Specialty definitions using "impinging": accommodation coefficient ♦ Geomagnetic storm ♦ hydraulic action ♦ impact microphone, incident ray ♦ Jominy test ♦ Lenard effect ♦ mirror altitude ♦ noise immission level ♦ Southern/Northern Lights, swinging-vane anemometer. (references)

Etymologies containing "impinging": impinge. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Deformation and Deposition Between a Foreland Uplift and an Impinging Trust Belt (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Impinging" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 92.68% of the time. "Impinging" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	92.68%	38	55,818
Noun (singular)	4.88%	2	245,945
Adjective (general or positive)	2.44%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	41	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "impinging": impinging-stream.
	Ending with "impinging": non-impinging.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "impinging"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		冲击 (Brunt, Impact, impacted, Impacting, impinge, Impinged, shocked, shocking). (various references)

Danish		injektion (carrier injection, charge-carrier injection, impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector, injection), indsprøjtning (fuel injection, impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector, injection), væskestrømsdyse (impinging jet nozzle), stødstrømnings indsprøjtningsdyse (impinging-stream injector), elektrondiffraktionsundersoegelse, under lav indfaldsvinkel, paa en krystalflade (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal). (various references)

Dutch		tegenstroominjekteur (impinging-stream injector), spuitdop met botsende straal (impinging jet nozzle), onderzoek, uitgevoerd op een kristalvlak bij een kleine invalshoek door middel van elektronische diffractie (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal). (various references)

Finnish		törmäysruiskutuslaite (impinging-stream injector). (various references)

French		injecteur � jets concourants symétriques (impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector), système d'injection � jets convergents (impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector), examen en diffraction électronique sous incidence rasante effectué sur une face du cristal (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal), buse utilisant le choc entre deux veines de liquides (impinging jet nozzle), buse � courants contrariés (impinging jet nozzle). (various references)

German		stoßend (buffeting, bumping, bunting, hustling, kicking, poking, punting). (various references)

Greek		σύστημα ψεκασμού διασταυρούμενων ροών (impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector), ακροφύσιο εκτόξευσης δύο ψεκαστικών υγρών (impinging jet nozzle), δοκιμή ηλεκτρονικής περίθλασης με δέσμη ηλεκτρομαγνητικής ακτινοβολίας προσπίπτουσα με πολύ μικρή γωνία επί μιάς έδρας του κρυστάλλου (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal). (various references)

Italian		iniettore a corrente di impatto (impinging-stream injector), ugello ad urto di due correnti liquide convergenti (impinging jet nozzle), esame per diffrazione elettronica sotto incidenza radente effettuato su una faccia del cristallo (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal). (various references)

Pig Latin		impingingay.(various references)

Portuguese		injector de fluídos (impinging-stream injector), sistemas de injectores convergentes (impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector), exame por difracção electrónica com incidência rasante sobre uma face do cristal (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal), bico com choque de duas correntes convergentes (impinging jet nozzle). (various references)

Spanish		inyector a chorros incidentes (impingement-type injector, impinging-stream injector), inyector (burner, impinging-stream injector, injector, nozzle), Examen de una cara del cristal por difracción electrónica bajo incidencia rasante. (an electronic diffraction test with the incident beam impinging at a very low angle on a face of the crystal), boquilla de chorros convergentes (impinging jet nozzle), boquilla con impacto de dos venas de líquido (impinging jet nozzle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Impinging" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impnging. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-g-i-i-i-m-n-n-p"
	-2 letters: gimping, pinging.
	-3 letters: imping, mining, piggin, pining.
	-4 letters: piing.
	-5 letters: gimp, impi, migg, mini, ping.
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