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Impingement

The act of impinging.

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Crash 76% connected

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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Impinge 74% connected

To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.

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Impinge 74% connected

To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.

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Encroachment 92% connected

The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

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Impact 92% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Impaction 92% connected

The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.

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Causation noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Causing noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Evidence noun · 78% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

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your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Induction noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"

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Instrumentalism noun · 78% connection

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Method noun · 78% connection

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an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…

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Paradigm noun · 78% connection

the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradi…

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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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Platonism noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

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Realism noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

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a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

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Scientific adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals"

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a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

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Scientific method noun · 78% connection

a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses

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Appulsive adjective · 78% connection

Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.

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Whistle verb · 78% connection

The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through th…

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Impinging p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

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