Definition of impression
- n. - The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed;
the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external
force or by influence.
- n. - That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation;
sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
- n. - That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action,
or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
- n. - Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect
hence, interest, concern.
- n. - An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
- n. - Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
- n. - The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of
such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a
clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of
printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
- n. - In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in
house painting and the like.
- n. - A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the
like.