impression
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im·pres·sion
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- An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience.
- A vague notion, remembrance, or belief: I have the impression that we have met once before.
- A mark produced on a surface by pressure.
- The act or process of impressing.
- Printing.
- All the copies of a publication printed at one time from the same set of type.
- A single copy of such a printing.
- A humorous imitation of the voice and mannerisms of a famous person done by an entertainer.
- An initial or single coat of color or paint.
- Dentistry. An imprint of the teeth and surrounding tissues, formed with a plastic material that hardens into a mold for use in making dentures, inlays, or plastic models.
SYNONYMS impression, impress, imprint, print, stamp. These nouns denote a visible mark made on a surface by pressure: an impression of a notary's seal on wax; the impress of bare feet in the sand; a medal with the imprint of a bald eagle; the print of automobile tires in the tar; a gold ingot with the refiner's stamp.
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impression
An advertisement on a Web page. If ads on the Web are not based on a click-through rate (CTR), they are typically sold on a cost per thousand (CPM) basis. One impression is one banner ad displayed on one page. Also called a "view" or "ad view." See banner ad, interstitial ad, pay-per-click and click-through rate.
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impression
1. see gross audience.
2. In printing, pressure of the type,printing plate or other printing apparatus as it comes into contact with the paper.
3. In printing, image created by the printing process.
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impression
noun
- The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another: force, impact, influence, repercussion. See affect/ineffectiveness.
- The character projected or given by someone to the public: appearance, image. See surface/depth.
- Intuitive cognition: feeling, hunch, idea, intuition, suspicion. See thoughts.
- The visible effect made on a surface by pressure: impress, imprint, indent, indentation, mark, print, stamp. See marks.
- The entire number of copies of a publication printed from a single typesetting: printing. See words.
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impression
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Definition: feeling, idea
Antonyms: materiality, physicality
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Impression
An advertisement's (usually a banner ad) appearance on a web page. Ad space is often sold on a CPM basis.
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For example, if the page you're on shows five ads, that's five impressions.
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This term reflects the ancient notion that experiences are impressed on the 'wax' of the mind by the 'seal' of experience in memory. This implies that memory is essentially passive, but modern work, following F. C. Bartlett (Remembering, 1932), strongly suggests that memories are active constructions, and are often distorted towards the familiar or the wanted. So this notion of memories as impressions like seals on wax is not an appropriate model.
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IN BRIEF: An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience. Also: A mark or indentation made by pressure.
The impression she had after the interview was that she would be offered the job.
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impression
1. a slight indentation or depression, as one produced in the surface of one organ by pressure exerted by another.
2. a negative imprint of an object made in some plastic material that later solidifies.
3. an effect produced upon the mind, body or senses by some external stimulus or agent.
- i. plate — a plastic plate with a central well filled with agar that has a convex surface. The agar is pressed against the tissue to be examined bacteriologically.
- dental i. — a mold taken of the teeth or jaw and used in the fabrication of dental appliances to be used in restorative dentistry or orthodontics.
- i. smear — a sample of cells, microorganisms or fluids obtained by pressing against the surface of a specimen which may be tissue excised or in situ. Commonly used for cytology examination.
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An imprint or negative likeness of an object from which a positive reproduction may be made.
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categories related to 'impression'
- Aspects and Components of Appearance - impression: outward physical appearance
- Printing and Typefaces - impression: all copies of publication printed in one operation
- Intuition and Imagination - impression: distinct image of something; reaction
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Impression (Dragonriders of Pern)
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Impression is a concept from the Dragonriders of Pern novels by Anne McCaffrey. It is a colloquial term used to describe when a human forms a mental bond with one of three creatures native to the planet Pern, on which the stories are all based. The three animals are, in the order of their coming into existence: Firelizards, Dragons, and Whers.
Firelizards are the only of the three that are a native species. In the series, Man has begun to colonize the stars, and a group sets off for Pern with (to their later grief) little information about the planet in question. Shortly after arrival, they encounter small, winged creatures of some intelligence, roughly the size of a crow or smaller.
The first Impression is accidental. In the course of their discovery of the creatures, newly-hatched young are found and fed. The young, in a manner similar to many avian species on Earth, 'imprint' on the humans, and remain with them. The fact that the imprint is more than just a superficial imprint is discovered shortly thereafter. The connection is largely empathic in nature, and serves a purpose as a communication tool vital to the survival of the creatures in their native habitat, which is regularly under threat from a highly inimical foreign 'lifeform' that necessitates a coordinated, aggressive defense. In the wild, the bond attaches the creature to its native flock, allowing for instantaneous communication in times of danger, from any distance. With a human bond-mate, it allows the firelizard to communicate emotions and visual data, and affects both the firelizard and the humans' emotions at a very basic level, in that when mating time comes around, human bondmates respond to the emotions generated by their firelizards, and firelizards echo their humans' emotional states, becoming agitated or angry when they do, and calming by the same method. Firelizards will Impress to anyone, of any age.
Upon the discovery of the inimical foreign 'lifeform', Man did what Man does best, and adapted an existing animal to serve a necessary function in the aid of human survival, though they used methods far beyond current technology to do so. Dragons, as they were named, for their resemblance to the creatures that exist in human lore, Impressed, but the function of the bond was altered. The dragons possessed greater intelligence, which mutated the bond from solely empathic/visual to a true telepathic/empathic bond. For the dragon, the bond is wholly necessary for the continuation of life, a genetically-programmed necessity, put there to prevent a proliferation of large, carnivorous, flying, fire-breathing creatures that were not under direct human control. The only exception to that rule is a breeding female with eggs she needs to guard. In such a case, deprived of her rider, the breeding female will remain long enough to ensure her young hatch, then die. They are, in effect, a symbiotic lifeform, requiring attachment to another lifeform to live, but providing benefits in exchange. The bond allows for instantaneous communication, and since the dragons are still animals, allows the human in the equation to exert control over animal instinct, to a certain degree. Again, the bond works both ways, with the rider deeply affected by their dragons' amours. For the human, the bond is not quite as all-consuming as it is for the dragon, but severance of the connection results in either death by suicide, insanity, or a lifetime of pain and grief at the loss of a creature that has, in essence, become a part of ones self. As dragons served a vital, necessary function for the continuation of the existence of humankind, their Impression choices were controlled by some means. The largest, golds (the primary progenitors of the next generation) were tweaked so they would only Impress females. The next three largest examples of the species, bronzes, browns, and blues, were tweaked so they would only Impress to men. Greens could Impress either sex, though after a while, females ceased to be allowed to attempt Impression, as the feudal society in which they lived felt they served a better purpose birthing the next generation, and greens became solely male-ridden for a very long period.
Whers were created when an attempt to make a second batch of dragons was undertaken unsuccessfully. They are the most problematic of the three species, in that they are inconsistently portrayed in the books. Indeed, in the first book written, though whers are introduced, there is no indication that they Impress at all, nor that they possess a dragon-level intelligence, though there is mention made of them being utterly loyal to those 'of the blood', referring to anyone descended from a particular individual, though how this is arranged is never specified. In later books, it is indicated that whers do indeed Impress, but that the bond is more akin to that that firelizards utilize, that is, it is telepathic, but neither wher nor human suffers unduly if the bond is severed. Like with firelizards, the bond is not sex-enforced.
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Impression
Dansk (Danish)
n. - indtryk, indflydelse, opfattelse, fornemmelse, mærke, aftryk, stempel
idioms:
- be under the impression that have det indtryk at
Nederlands (Dutch)
indruk, afdruk, impressie
Français (French)
n. - impression, empreinte, édition, tirage, supposition, impact, effet, imitation, marque, (Imprim) réimpression, (Imprim) impression (un procédé)
idioms:
- under the impression that (avoir) l'impression que
Deutsch (German)
n. - Abdruck, Eindruck, Druck
idioms:
- under the impression that den Eindruck haben, daß
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εντύπωση, γνώμη, αποτύπωμα/-ωση, σφραγίδα, έκδοση, αίσθηση, συγκλονισμός, εντυπωσιασμός, εκτύπωμα/-ωση, ανατύπωμα/-ωση
idioms:
- be under the impression that έχω την εντύπωση/πεποίθηση, νομίζω
Italiano (Italian)
impronta, impressione, edizione, congettura
idioms:
- be under the impression that avere l'impressione
Português (Portuguese)
n. - impressão (f)
idioms:
- be under the impression that ter a impressão que
Русский (Russian)
впечатление, след, переиздание
idioms:
- be under the impression that полагать, что ...
Español (Spanish)
n. - huella, pisada, impresión, edición, tirada, suposición, presunción
idioms:
- under the impression that tener la impresión de que, bajo la impresión de que
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - intryck, förnimmelse, imitation, påtryckning, avtryck (äv. litografiskt)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
印象, 盖印, 意念
idioms:
- be under the impression that 觉得..., 有印象..., 以为...
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 印象, 蓋印, 意念
idioms:
- be under the impression that 覺得..., 有印象..., 以為...
idioms:
- be under the impression that ~하다고 생각하고 있다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 印象, 感じ, 考え, 刷り, 捺印, 痕跡, 物まね, 彫り型
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) انطباع, تأثير
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - רושם, התרשמות, הדפסה, הטבעה, סימן, טביעה, מהדורה, מושג
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