'impingement' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that describes a situation in which something intrusive or unwanted infringes on something else. For example, you could say, “The impingement of the industrial complex on the natural environment caused damage to the local wildlife.”.
The problem, research shows, is that most people invariably lift the weight too high, which can lead to shoulder impingement, in which the shoulder blade rubs, or impinges, on the rotator cuff, causing pain and irritation.
In my field, orthopedic surgery, designating wear and tear of cartilage as "osteoarthritis" (the suffix, "-itis," points to inflammation that is not present) wrongly suggests that anti-inflammatory medications are necessarily better than gentler painkillers; calling shoulder pain "impingement syndrome" has prompted many surgeons to cut out normal but supposedly "impinging" bone.
The Supreme Court upheld its rules in 1978, despite their impingement on free speech, on the basis of a law banning smut on the radio.
We should be honest about this: it is an impingement on freedom of speech and on the right of people to choose what kind of news to watch.
Instead, the task fell to his deputy, James Cole, who insists the proper procedures were followed and due consideration given to any possible impingement on press freedom.
One possible route for the emergence of radioactive waste to the surface would be the impingement of groundwater into the underground disposal site, followed by corrosion of the waste canisters, dissolving of waste material, and discharge of the resulting solution to the environment.
Channel or impingement black is made by the impingement of smoky flames from tiny jets on iron channels; the deposited black is scraped off by moving the channels over stationary scrapers.
The impingement of a world of legend and ancient, unsleeping magic upon the real world is the basic theme of the remarkable novels of Alan Garner.
The second factor was the impingement of the world on a Canada intensely absorbed in its own development and troubles.
He considered the pressure acting on an inclined plate as arising from the impingement of particles on the side of the plate that faces the airstream.
Bicyclists can often benefit from a custom fit of their bike; often, lowering the seat slightly is sufficient to avoid critical impingement of the ITB against the femur, which occurs at about 30° of knee flexion.
