impingement
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8.8
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɪndʒmənt/
- Formal
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impacto
- Banning it was therefore not necessarily an impingement on religious freedom.
- internal impingement
If you choose to take an opportunity, probably for you to uncover some internal impingement, you don't need to address it, but it's, it's there.
- If you choose to take an opportunity, probably for you to uncover some internal impingement, you don't need to address it, but it's, it's there.
Examples
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After another bad outing in July, Jonny Venters was put on the disabled list for impingement in his throwing elbow.
Blog text (17) -
Positioning and padding on the operating positioning frame are important to prevent pressure areas or nerve impingement.
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All these factors may exacerbate internal or external impingement symptoms.
Academic text (2016) -
These are direct indications that there's some impingement of the nervous system.
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Hip impingement can cause pain with certain movements of the hip, especially flexion and rotation combined.
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As such, it was one important element in the new moral order imposed on Europe by the impingement of Calvinist elites.
Academic text (1991) -
After multiple scans and visits to the hospital they said I had hip impingement and that I had labral tears on both, tears on both hips.
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Other times, it may be something more serious, such as a labral tear, hip impingement, hip dysplasia, or hip arthritis.
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Finally, as the Supreme Court remarked in its brief discussion on the constitutional difficulty under the Commerce Clause, "permitting respondents to claim federal jurisdiction over ponds and mudflats would result in a significant impingement of the States' traditional and primary power over land and water use."
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The impingement of heavy traffic on the local environment has raised concerns among residents.
Synonyms
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3.1
A strong effect on people, places, or things
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6.4
An unfair request that puts extra work on someone
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7.4
Slow unwanted spreading into an area that changes how people live
An unwelcome act of putting someone or something into a situation
How much something goes into and changes another thing
Antonyms
How Intrusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impingement comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and a root that means 'to push or strike', the same root you see in impact. So an impingement is when something 'pushes into' a person's space or rights and has a strong or unwanted influence.