Impression

An impression is the overall effect of something.

Impression or impressions may also refer to:

Biology

• Colic impression, a feature of the gall bladder
• Duodenal impression, medial to the renal impression
• Gastric impression, a feature of the liver
• Impression (dental), a dental procedure
• 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

Psychology

• First impression
• Mental impressions (from the Sanskrit "Samskara")
• Mental dispositions or conditioned phenomena (from the Buddhist term Saṅkhāra)

Idiomatic expressions

An idiom is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning.

• "To make a good first impression"
• "To be under the impression of"

Publishing and advertising

• Impression (publishing), a print run of a given edition of a work
• Impression (online media), a delivered basic advertising unit from an ad distribution point
  • Cost per impression, cost accounting tool using in e-marketing
  • Viewable Impression, a metric used to report on number of distributed ads that were viewable
• Impression (software), a desktop publishing application for RISC OS systems
• Impressions, the in-flight magazine for British Mediterranean Airways
• Impressions Media, an American privately-owned publisher of newspapers

Art

• Impression, Sunrise, an 1872 painting by Claude Monet
• Post-Impressionism, the development of French art since Manet
• Impressions, journal of The Japanese Art Society of America

Music

• The Impressions, a music group from Chicago
• Impressions (instrumental composition), a jazz standard composed by John Coltrane

Albums

• Impression (album), the soundtrack from the anime series Samurai Champloo
• Impressions (John Coltrane album), a 1963 album by jazz musician John Coltrane
• Impressions (Buck Hill album), a 1983 album by saxophonist Buck Hill
• Impressions (Chris Botti album), the 2012 album by trumpeter Chris Botti
• Impressions!, a 1959 album by Paul Horn
• Impressions (Laura Nyro album), the first compilation retrospective album by Laura Nyro
• Impressions (Lunatic Soul album), 2011
• Impressions (Mike Oldfield album), a 1980 compilation album by Mike Oldfield released
• Impressions (Mal Waldron album), a 1959 album by Mal Waldron
• The Impressions (album), a 1963 album

Other uses

• Impressions, a form of mimicry practised by an impressionist (entertainment)
• Impressions (Angel novel), a 2003 novel derivative of the television series Angel
• Impressions Games, a video game developer

See also

• Impress (disambiguation)
• False Impression, a 2006 novel by Jeffrey Archer
• "First Impressions" (Angel), a 2000 episode of the television series Angel
• The Big Impression, a British comedy sketch show
• Impressions de France, a 1982 film about France
• Impressment, a type of forced military service
• Imprint (disambiguation)