Atestiguada desde el siglo XVII, del latín impāctus.
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Plural
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impact
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impacts
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- 1
- El golpe de un cuerpo contra otro, impacto; colisión.
- 2
- La fuerza o energía de una colisión de dos objetos.
- Ejemplo: The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
- 3 Medicina
- A forced impinging.
- Ejemplo: His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
- 4 Figurado, proscrito
- Una influencia o efecto significativo o fuerte.
- Ejemplo: His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.
- Ejemplo: Our choice of concrete will have a tremendous impact on the building's mechanical performance.
- 5
- Impactar.
- Ejemplo: When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
- 6
- Comprimir; compactar; presionar dentro de algo o empaquetarlo.
- Ejemplo: The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do.