impression : Idioms & Phrases
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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
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noun an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
sense experience; sensation; esthesis; aesthesis; sense datum.
- a sensation of touch
WordNet
trial impression
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noun (printing) an impression made to check for errors
test copy; proof.