APPULSE, noun appuls; . [Latin appulsus, of ad and pello, to drive.] 1. The act of striking against; as in all consonants there is an appulse of he organs. 2. In astronomy, the approach of any planet to a conjunction with the sun, or a star. 3. Arrival; landing.
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