Definition of impression

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Impression (n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon..

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Electrotype :: Electrotype (n.) A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively..
Phosphene :: Phosphene (n.) A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image..
Predisposition :: Predisposition (n.) Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease..
Copperplate :: Copperplate (n.) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.
Cut :: Cut (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever..
Print :: Print (n.) That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter..
Deafness :: Deafness (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
Platen :: Platen (n.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
Impact :: Impact (n.) Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
Susception :: Susceptible (a.) Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart..
Phenakistoscope :: Phenakistoscope (n.) A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen..
Xylograph :: Xylograph (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography..
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Cerebrifugal :: Cerebrifugal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards..
Type :: Type (n.) The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..
Footstep :: Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom..
React :: React (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state..
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