impact

noun
imʹpăkt

The striking of one body against another; collision.

Other meanings

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
“The hatchet cut the wood on impact.”
A forced impinging.
“His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.”

Related words

impact matrix printer
adverse impact
Charpy impact test
high-impact
impact crater
impact driver
impact energy
impact factor
impact printer
impact resistance
impact sourcing
impact winter

Example sentences

“Few understood the full impact of the decision.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“That won't impact the buoyancy?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "impāctus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “impact” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.