| appulse | 1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. "In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs." (Holder) 2. <astronomy> 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. Origin: L. Appulsus, fr. Appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. Appulse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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