Meanings
adjectiveimpinging (comparative more impinging, superlative most impinging)
comparative more impinging · superlative most impinging
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of impinge
nounimpinging (plural impingings)
plural impingings
- An impingement.
These factors include our genetic characteristics, our conditioning as we grow up, the culture within which we live – and direct impingings of the environment upon our senses.
2007, Peter Cave, Can a Robot be Human?: 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe physical coming together of two or more things
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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