appulsion

English

Etymology

From the Latin appulsiō, from appellō (“I drive or move to”, “I land or put ashore”).

Noun

appulsion (plural appulsions)

1. (obsolete, rare) A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “appulsion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)