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