ap·pulse
| \ əˈpəls, aˈp-, ˈaˌp- also -lts \
plural -s
Definition of appulse
1
: a driving or running toward something (such as a place) : act of striking against something (such as a point)
the days have passed when national differences could be settled by the appulse of small professional armies— R. S. Ellery
2
: the apparent very near approach of one celestial body to another : a coming into conjunction — see lunar appulse
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“Appulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appulse. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
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