2 entries under this word

Impact

Im-păct′, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. IMPACTED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMPACTING.] [Lat. impingere, impactum, to push, strike against; prefix im, for in, and pangere, to strike or drive.] To drive close; to press or drive firmly together. Woodward.

Im'pact, n.

noun

n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; force communicated. “By that impact driven True to its aim.” Southay.

Sense 2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous blow or stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.