Dictionary Definition
impact
Noun
1 the striking of one body against another
2 a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the
book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a
wallop" [syn: wallop]
3 influencing strongly; "they resented the
impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: impingement, encroachment]
4 the violent interaction of individuals or
groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of
battle" [syn: shock]
Verb
1 press or wedge together; pack together
2 have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect
me?" [syn: affect,
bear
upon, bear on, touch on,
touch]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
- The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
- The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
- In the context of "mainly|medicine": A forced impinging.
- His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
- A significant or
strong influence. An
effect.
- His friend's opinon had an impact on his decision.
- Which concrete we use will have a tremendous impact on the building's statics.
- His friend's opinon had an impact on his decision.
Translations
the force or energy of a collision of two
objects
- Finnish: iskuvaikutus, törmäys, isku
- German: Einschlag, Aufprall, Aufschlag
- Latin: ictus
- Portuguese: impacto
a forced impinging
- German: Belastung, Stoß, Druck
- Portuguese: impacto
a significant or strong influence
- Czech: dopad
- Finnish: vaikutus
- German: Einwirkung, Einfluss, Beeinflussung
- Portuguese: impacto
- ttbc Malay: pangaruh, kesan
- ttbc French: impact sur, influence sur, choc, collision, impact
- ttbc Interlingua: impacto
- ttbc Italian: effetto
- ttbc Slovak: náraz , dôsledok
- ttbc Spanish: impacto
Verb
- To compress; to
compact; to press or
pack together.
- If fecal incontinence is caused by impacted stool in the rectum, the impaction must be removed.
- To influence; to
affect; to have an
impact
on.
- I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
- To collide or
strike.
- When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
Usage notes
Some authorities object to the use of impact to mean "to influence; to affect; to have an impact on" or to mean "to collide or strike". Such usage seems to be an adaptation of the colloquial noun form of impact to use as a verb, and may be related to confusion between the terms affect and effect (impact'' thus substituting for both terms).Translations
to compress
- German: zusammenpressen
to influence
- Finnish: vaikuttaa
- German: beeinflussen, einwirken, beeinträchtigen
French
Noun
impactExtensive Definition
Impact, in direct and metaphoric sense, is a
collision or conflict between two physical
bodies, ideas or behaviours. It may also indicate a strong reaction
on consequences of a particular event.
Impact leads to significant changes of one or
both involved abstract
or physical objects, for
example: destruction, war, negotiation, modification of social and
cultural habits, as well as the introduction of a new technology or
modification of natural
environmental conditions.
In computing:
- IMPACT (computer graphics), a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations
- Impact Finite Element Program, an open source finite element program
- Impact, a 1988 computer game published by Audiogenic
- Impact (cyber security), the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (Impact).
- Impact force, a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period
- Impact event, the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth
- Impact crater, a meteor crater caused by an impact event
- Impact factor, a measure of the citations to a science or social science journal
In film, television, and radio:
- Impact (1949 film), a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
- Impact, a ~1987 talk radio program hosted by Frank Sontag
- Impact (news music), a 1994 television news music package
- TNA Impact!, a 2004 professional wrestling television program
In literature:
- Impact (action entertainment magazine), a monthly action entertainment magazine
- Impact (student magazine), a student magazine for the University of Nottingham, England
- Student Impact, the student newspaper for the University of Bath, England
- Impact Press, an Orlando, Florida-based magazine
- IMPACT magazine, a scientologist magazine
- Impact Comics, a DC Comics imprint
- Impact (EC Comics), a 1955 EC Comics comic book
- Impact (Image Comics), an Image Comics comic book character
In music:
- Impact, a short-lived disco group formed in the mid-70s by Damon Harris
- Impact, a hardcore punk band from Orange County
- Impact, a progressive rock band from Naples, Italy.
- Impact, a trance project of Dutch producer Richard van Dongen
- Impact, a Romanian dance music group, formed in 1998
- Impact Records, an American record label
Organizations
Other:
- Impact, prototype for the General Motors EV1 electric car
- Montreal Impact, a soccer team in the North American USL First Division
- Impact (typeface), a sans-serif typeface
- Impact, or Model Mugging, a form of women's self-defense
- Impact, Texas, a town in Taylor County, Texas, USA
impact in German: Impact
impact in French: Impact (homonymie)
impact in Dutch: Impact
impact in Japanese: インパクト (曖昧さ回避)
impact in Polish: Zderzenie
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
affect,
affective meaning, altitude peak, appulse, automatic control,
backlash, backwash, bearing, bed, blast-off, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bumping, burden, burn, burnout, cannon, carambole, carom, ceiling, change, clash, clout, colliding, collision, coloring, concussion, confirm, connotation, consequence, consequences, contact, crack-up, cram in,
crash, crashing, crowd in, crump, crunch, deep-dye, define, denotation, descent, drift, drive in, effect, embed, encounter, end of burning,
engraft, engrave, entrench, essence, establish, etch, extension, fix, flight, force, force in, found, gist, grammatical meaning, ground, hammering, hit, idea, ignition, impingement, implant, implication, import, impress, impression, imprint, infix, influence, ingrain, inscribe, intension, jam, jam in, jar, jolt, jounce, knock in, launch, lexical meaning,
lift-off, literal meaning, lodge, mark, mauling, meaning, meeting, modify, onslaught, overtone, pack, pack in, percussion, pertinence, pith, plant, plunge in, point, poke in, pound, pound in, practical
consequence, press in, print, punch, purport, push in, quake, quiver, ram in, ramming, range of meaning,
rap, reaction, real meaning,
recoil, reference, referent, reflex, relation, relevance, repercussion, response, results, rock, rocket launching, root, run in, scope, seat, semantic cluster, semantic
field, sense, set, set in, settle, shake, shock, shoot, shot, sideswipe, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, slap, sledgehammering,
smash, smash-up, smashing, span of meaning,
spirit, squeeze in,
stamp, stereotype, strike, striking, stroke, structural meaning, stuff
in, substance,
sum, sum and substance,
symbolic meaning, tamp in, tenor, thrust, thrust in, thrusting, totality of
associations, trajectory, transferred
meaning, tremble,
tremor, unadorned
meaning, undertone,
value, velocity peak,
wallop, wedge, wedge in, weight, whomp