Impact
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Impact may refer to:

In science :
  • Impact (mechanics), a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period
  • Impact crater
    Impact crater
    In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

    , a meteor crater caused by an impact event
  • Impact event
    Impact event
    An impact event is the collision of a large meteorite, asteroid, comet, or other celestial object with the Earth or another planet. Throughout recorded history, hundreds of minor impact events have been reported, with some occurrences causing deaths, injuries, property damage or other significant...

    , the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth
  • Impact factor
    Impact factor
    The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

    , a measure of the citations to a science or social science journal


In computing:
  • IMPACT (computer graphics)
    IMPACT (computer graphics)
    IMPACT refers to a 3D computer graphics architecture and a family of implementations of the aforementioned architecture developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics from 1995 to 1997. Introduced on 10 July 1995, it was a high-end desktop graphics option used in Silicon Graphic's workstations...

    , a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations
  • Impact Finite Element Program
    Impact Finite Element Program
    ' is an open source finite element program suite which can be used to predict most dynamic events such as car crashes or metal sheet punch operations. They usually involve large deformations and high velocities. It is written in Java....

    , an open source finite element program


In film, television, and radio:
  • Impact, BBC World News weekday programme presented by Mishal Husain
    Mishal Husain
    Mishal Husain is a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World News, presenting Impact between 1400 and 1600 GMT every Monday to Thursday as well as presenting the Sunday evening editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...

     or Lyse Doucet
    Lyse Doucet
    Lyse Doucet is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent from New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.-Education:Doucet was born in Bathurst,...

    .
  • Impact (1949 film)
    Impact (1949 film)
    Impact is a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines. It was filmed entirely in California and included scenes at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. The film was based on a story by film noir writer Jay Dratler.-Plot:...

    , a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
  • Impact (TV mini-series)
    Impact (TV miniseries)
    Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on...

    , a 2008 television mini-series starring Natasha Henstridge and David James Elliott
  • Impact Wrestling, a wrestling television program


In literature:
  • Bath Impact
    Bath Impact
    bathimpact is the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England.- History and format :Student Impact was created from the merger of two former publications at the University of Bath, Spike and Sponge...

    , the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England
  • Impact (action entertainment magazine)
    Impact (action entertainment magazine)
    Impact is a monthly magazine published in the United Kingdom since 1992. It is likely modeled on its French "older brother" "Impact" started in 1986. It covers the field of action entertainment: including Hong Kong action cinema, worldwide martial arts films, Hollywood productions, anime, comics,...

    , a monthly action entertainment magazine that focus on Asian action cinema and anime
  • Impact (EC Comics), a 1955 EC Comics comic book
  • Impact (Image Comics)
    Impact (Image Comics)
    Impact is a fictional superhero from Image Comics and Top Cow.He was a member of Cyberforce. His costume was green with yellow lightning bolts across the suit.-Fictional biography:...

    , an Image Comics comic book character
  • Impact (novel)
    Impact (novel)
    -Plot summary:Wyman Ford returns to investigate a mysterious source of gemstones and instead uncovers evidence of an unusual impact crater. Weaving seemingly separate stories of Wyman Ford's engagement by the government to investigate a meteorite's crater in Cambodia, a Mars Mission scientist's...

    , a 2010 novel by Douglas Preston
  • Impact (student magazine)
    Impact (student magazine)
    Impact Magazine is the official student magazine of the University of Nottingham, it has been published in various forms and various names since 1939 Run on a voluntary basis using funds from the Students' Union, the magazine is available free to students. Impact also publishes a website, which has...

    , a student magazine for the University of Nottingham, England
  • Impact Comics
    Impact Comics
    Impact Comics was an imprint of DC Comics that was aimed at younger audiences. It was begun in 1991 and ended by 1993....

    , a DC Comics imprint
  • Impact Press
    Impact Press
    Impact Press was an Orlando, Florida-based magazine. Impact Press ran for ten years, printing its last issue in Spring 2006. Most of the articles were political in nature, and usually supported the left and far left. Over the years Impact Press printed 60 issues with printing runs of at least...

    , an Orlando, Florida-based magazine


In music:
  • Impact Records
    Impact Records
    Impact Records is an American record label, once a subsidiary of MCA Records. Today its back catalog remains part of Universal Music Group.Acts on the label are and/or have included: Jock Mitchell, Sass Jordan, The Fixx, Rythm Syndicate, and Joey Lawrence....

    , an American record label


Organizations:
  • IMPACT (organisation)
    IMPACT (organisation)
    IMPACT is an international initiative which focusses on preventive and social health and promote awareness and intervention to prevent avoidable disability. Founded in 1980s by Sir John Wilson, IMPACT was formed as a part of the UNs Decade of disabled people...

    , a charitable organization focusing on public and preventative interventions to stop preventable disability
  • Impact! Miniatures
    Impact! Miniatures
    Impact! Miniatures was a company started in April 2006 by members of the Blood Bowl online community with the aim of producing figures suitable for use with Fantasy Football games such as Elfball, Blood Bowl, Street Brawl, Street Bowl and Deathball....

    , a company producing 28mm wargaming figures
  • International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats
  • Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union
    Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union
    The Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union is a trade union in the Republic of Ireland. It primarily organises workers in education, health, local government and the civil service...



In sports:
  • Montreal Impact, a soccer (football) team in Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

    , the top tier of North American professional soccer


Other:
  • Impact (typeface)
    Impact (typeface)
    Impact is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Geoffrey Lee in 1965 and released by the Stephenson Blake foundry. Its ultra-thick strokes, compressed letterspacing, and minimal interior counterform are specifically aimed, as its name suggests, to "impact". Impact has a high x-height, reaching...

    , a sans-serif typeface
  • Impact, Texas
    Impact, Texas
    Impact is a village in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 39 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Impact is located at ....

    , a town in Taylor County, Texas, USA

See also

  • Impaction
    Impaction
    Impaction, from the Latin impingere, is a medical term used to describe several different types of blockage.- In Reptiles : Impaction occurs in reptiles when they consume something that they cannot digest. Common causes of impaction are rocks and sand which might be accidentally consumed when the...

    , medical term used to describe several different types of blockage
  • Influence (disambiguation)
  • Effect (disambiguation)
  • Collision (disambiguation)
    Collision (disambiguation)
    A collision is an isolated event in which two or more bodies exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time. This may specifically refer to:* Traffic collision, two vehicles colliding* Mid-air collision, two planes colliding...

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