impact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: imʹpăkt
ipa: /ˈɪmpækt/
enpr: im-păktʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpækt/
rhymes: -ækt
Forms: form: impacts
Etymology: Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus.
Senses: glosses: The striking of one body against another; collision.
examples: text: The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
glosses: The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
examples: text: His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A forced impinging.
examples: text: His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.
text: Our choice of concrete will have a tremendous impact on the building's mechanical performance.
text: December 7, 1941, November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001 had an impact on many throughout the world.
text: The French revolution, the Russian revolution, and the Iranian revolution had an impact on many throughout the world.
text: One way to reduce the environmental impact of meat eating is to make livestock more productive.
ref: 2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: A significant or strong influence or effect.
Synonyms: percussion
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: adverse impact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: Charpy impact test
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: disimpact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: environmental impact statement
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: giant impact theory
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: high-impact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact aid
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word: impact area
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact crater
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact driver
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact energy
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact event
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact factor
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impactful
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impactite
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impactive
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impactless
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact matrix printer
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact melt
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impactment
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact play
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact printer
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact resistance
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact sourcing
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact statement
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: impact winter
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: low-impact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: nonimpact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: postimpact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: preimpact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: second impact syndrome
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: vibroimpact
sense: Terms derived from impact (noun)
word: victim impact statement
Related terms: impinge