Impression

An impression is the overall effect of something.

Impression may also refer to:

• Material sciences, an indentation made by the pressure of an object into the surface of another object
• Impression (online media), a delivered basic advertising unit from an ad distribution point
• Impressment, forcing individuals into military service
• Impression (publishing) a print run of a given edition of a work
• Impression formation, the process of integrating information about a person
• Impression management, the process by which people try to control their image
• Impression seal, a form of identifying seal
• Impressionist (entertainment), a mimic
• Impressions, journal of The Japanese Art Society of America
• Cost per impression, cost accounting tool using in e-marketing
• Post-Impressionism, the development of French art since Manet
• Printmaking, an impression is an image reproduced from printing plates, screens or other process
• Viewable Impression (CPMV)

Biology and medicine

• Impression (dental), a dental procedure

• Colic impression, a feature of the gall bladder
• Duodenal impression, medial to the renal impression
• Gastric impression, a feature of the liver
• Maternal impression, the effect of maternal mental states on foetal development
• Renal impression, a feature of the gall bladder
• Suprarenal impression, a feature of the gall bladder
• Costal tuberosity of clavicle, the rhomboid impression on the clavicle for the attachment of the costoclavicular ligament

Law

• Case of first impression, primae impressionis
• Present sense impression, a type of witness statement

Music

• Impression (album), the soundtrack from the anime series Samurai Champloo
• Impressions (John Coltrane album)
• Impressions (composition), a jazz standard composed by John Coltrane
• Impressions (Laura Nyro album)
• Impressions (Mike Oldfield album)
• Impressions (Mal Waldron album)
• The Impressions, a music group from Chicago
  • The Impressions (album), a 1963 album
  • Impressions chronology, a listing of The Impressions members from their formation to present

Popular culture

• False Impression, a novel by Jeffrey Archer
• First Impressions (Angel), a 2000 episode of the television series Angel
• Impression (Dragonriders of Pern), a joining of minds in the Dragonriders of Pern novels
• Impression, Sunrise, a painting by Claude Monet
• Impressions (Angel novel), a novel derivative of the television series Angel
• Impressions Games, a video game developer
• Impressions of France, a film about France
• The Big Impression, a British comedy sketch show
• The Russo-Baltique Impression, a concept car made by Russo-Balt, the first company to produce cars in Russia
• Impression, custom car, winner of the 2005 Ridler

Technology

• PhotoImpression, image management software by ArcSoft
• Samsung Impression, a mobile phone