Impactive - What does it mean?
impactive | |
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
* 1880 , W. S. Barnard, "Protoplasmic Dynamics," The American Naturalist , vol. 14, no. 4, p. 237:
* 1970 , Kent Kirby, "Art, Technology and the Liberal Arts College," Art Journal , vol. 29, no. 3, p. 330:
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impactive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is necessary to distinguish all forces sharply into two groups: 1, the attractional'' (gravity, adhesion, cohesion, chemism), and 2, the ''impactive or momentum forces of masses, molecules and atoms.
- Along with this revolution has come another, quieter and more subtle, but perhaps more impactive and ultimately more dynamic in its potential for change.
An Intricate Bond; New Haven's past and future are so tied to Yale, but it took 300 years for the two to get along," New York Times , 18 Feb.:
- And in what may prove to be the most impactive development, the university is nurturing the nexus of science and business to create a biotechnology sector that has already brought millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs into town.
References
*"impactive" at OneLook® Dictionary Search . * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.