appulse
appulse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Astron.) 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abut
- abutment
- abuttal
- abutter
- adhere
- adhesion
- adjoin
- apposition
- cause
- close
- coexist
- coexistence
- coincide
- coincidence
- come
- contact
- conterminous
- contiguity
- contiguous
- end
- frontier
- graze
- hand
- interval
- join
- juxtapose
- juxtaposition
- limit
- link
- march
- meet
- meeting
- near
- osculate
- osculation
- osculatory
- proximity
- rencontre
- rencounter
- syzygy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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