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appulse
[ uh-puhls ]
noun
- energetic motion toward a point.
- the act of striking against something.
- Astronomy. the approach or occurrence of conjunction between two celestial bodies.
appulse
/ əˈ±èÊŒ±ô²õ /
noun
- a very close approach of two celestial bodies so that they are in conjunction but no eclipse or occultation occurs
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Derived Forms
- ²¹±èˈ±è³Ü±ô²õ¾±±¹±ð±ô²â, adverb
- ²¹±èˈ±è³Ü±ô²õ¾±±¹±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹±è·±è³Ü±ôs¾±±¹±ð adjective
- ²¹±è·±è³Ü±ôs¾±±¹±ð·ly adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of appulse1
C17: from Latin appulsus brought near, from appellere to drive towards, from pellere to drive
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Mars and Uranus will appear extremely close to each other in the night sky – this is known as an appulse.
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In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
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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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A driving or striking against; an appulse.
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The appulse or near approach is but one of the methods by which the spiral nebul� may have come into existence.
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