appulse
Example Sentences
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Mars and Uranus will appear extremely close to each other in the night sky – this is known as an appulse.
From The Guardian
A driving or striking against; an appulse.
From Project Gutenberg
In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
