English Dictionary: impacted | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Impacted \Im*pact"ed\, a. Driven together or close. {Impacted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable. |