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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Appulse \Ap"pulse\ (?; 277), n. [L. appulsus, fr. appellere,
appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F.
appulse.]
1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the
act of striking against.
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In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
--Holder.
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2. (Astron.) 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.
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