impactive

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
   • It is necessary to distinguish all forces sharply into two groups: 1, the attractional (gravity, adhesion, cohesion, chemism), and 2, the impactive or momentum forces of masses, molecules and atoms. - 1880, W. S....
   • As Rosemary came onto the beach a boy of twelve ran past her and dashed into the sea with exultant cries. Feeling the impactive scrutiny of strange faces, she took off her bathrobe and followed. - 1934, F[rancis] Scott...
   • Along with this revolution has come another, quieter and more subtle, but perhaps more impactive and ultimately more dynamic in its potential for change. - 1970, Kent Kirby, “Art, Technology and the Liberal Arts...