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ap·pulse
\əˈpəls, aˈp-, ˈaˌp- also -lts\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin appulsus driving forward, approach, from appulsus, past participle of appellere to drive toward, strike against, from ad- + pellere to drive, beat, push — more at felt
1. : a driving or running toward (as a place) : act of striking against (as a point)
< the days have passed when national differences could be settled by the appulse of small professional armies — R.S.Ellery >
2. : the apparent very near approach of one celestial body to another : a coming into conjunction — see lunar appulse |