'IMPACT' definitions:
Definition of 'impact'
(from WordNet)
noun
The striking of one body against another
noun
A forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" [syn: impact, wallop]
noun
Influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: impingement, encroachment, impact]
noun
The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [syn: shock, impact]
verb
Press or wedge together; pack together
verb
Definition of 'Impact'
From: GCIDE
- Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
- 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To affect or influence, especially in a significant or undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire research program; the fish populations were adversely impacted by pollution. [PJC]
- 3. To collide forcefully with; to strike. [PJC]
Definition of 'Impact'
From: GCIDE
- Impact \Im"pact\, n.
- 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. [1913 Webster]
- The quarrel, by that impact driven. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impact'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Impact, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Impact, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000) :
39
Housing Units (2000) :
16
Land area (2000) :
0.086631 sq. miles (0.224374 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.086631 sq. miles (0.224374 sq. km)
FIPS code :
35816
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
32.500573 N, 99.744790 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Acronyms for 'impact'
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