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[n] influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [n] the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [n] the striking of one body against another [n] a forceful consequence; "the book had an important impact on my thinking" [v] have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [v] press or wedge together; pack together
\Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward.
\Im"pact\, n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
The quarrel, by that impact driven. --Southey.
2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.