impression : Idioms & Phrases


Centrifugal impression

  • (Physiol.), an impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced.
Webster 1913

Centripetal impression

  • (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.
Webster 1913

Proof impression

  • one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.
Webster 1913

sense impression

  • noun an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
    sense experience; sensation; esthesis; aesthesis; sense datum.
    • a sensation of touch
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trial impression

  • noun (printing) an impression made to check for errors
    test copy; proof.
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