an impinging or striking especially of one body against another; a forceful contact or onset; also : the impetus communicated in or as if in such a contact; the force of impression of one thing on another : a significant or major effect… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
characterized by having or containing a direct object; being or relating to a relation with the property that if the relation holds between a first element and a second and between the second element and a third, it holds between the first and third elements… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
not transitive; especially : characterized by not having or containing a direct object… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners to serve as the subject of a verb, can be interpreted as singular or plural, can be replaced with a pronoun, and refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
