impaction

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Compression; the packing together of loose matter.
  2. (countable, uncountable) something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter
  3. (countable, uncountable) A solid, immobile bulk of stool.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The situation where an educational institute, usually a college or university, receives more applications from qualified applicants than the number of spaces available, meaning that meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɪmˈpækʃən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Latin impingere (“to dash against, impinge”).

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