Impinge vs Undefined - What's the difference?
impinge | undefined |
To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
* , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:
(figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
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To have an effect upon; to limit.
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(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a verb impinge
is to push (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so that it moves away), thrust, shove.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.impinge
English
Verb
(imping)- The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].
Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}
Usage notes
* The transitive use is less common, not included in many small dictionaries, and not favored by Garner's Modern American Usage (2009).Derived terms
* impingement * impingent * impingerundefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .