Definitions for appulse

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appulse ap·pulse

Spelling: [uh-puhls]

IPA: /əˈpʌls/

Appulse is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in appulse (aelppsu).

Definitions for appulse

noun

1. energetic motion toward a point.
2. the act of striking against something.
3. Astronomy. the approach or occurrence of conjunction between two celestial bodies.

Origin of appulse

1620-30; Latin appulsus driven to, landed (past participle of appellere), equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + pul- (variant stem of pellere to drive, push) + -sus, vari

Examples for appulse

The appulse or near approach is but one of the methods by which the spiral nebul may have come into existence.

appulse, ap-puls′, n. a striking against: the approach of a planet to a conjunction with the sun or a star.

May not the effect be mechanical, the appulse of the air separating the flame from the wick.

Every appulse of life against matter means an added push in the direction of spiritualization.