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Impact (mechanics) In mechanics, an impact is a high force or Shock (mechanics), shock applied over a short time period when two or more bodies Collision, collide. Such a force or acceleration usually has a greater effect than a lower force applied over a propo ...

, a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period *

Impact, Texas Impact is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 35 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Impact is located at (32.500573, –99.744790). According to the Unit ...

, a town in Taylor County, Texas, US

Science and technology

Impact crater An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact crater ...

, a meteor crater caused by an impact event *

Impact event An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or ...

, the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth *

Impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...

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

Books and magazines

* ''Impact'' (novel), a 2010 novel by Douglas Preston *'' Impact Press'', a former Orlando, Florida-based magazine *

Impact Magazines Europress was a British magazine and software publisher based in Adlington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. Their magazine publishing business was previously known as Database Publications. The software division was renamed in 1999 to Actualize. His ...

, a former UK magazine publisher * ''Impact'' (conservative magazine), a British political magazine * ''Impact'' (British magazine), a British action film magazine * ''Impact'', a French action film magazine spun off from '' Mad Movies'' * ''Impact'' (UNESCO magazine), a former UNESCO quarterly titled ''IMPACT of science on society'' * ''Impact'' (student magazine), a student magazine for the University of Nottingham, England * '' Bathimpact'', the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England * Vice Impact, a channel of

Vice Media Vice Media Group LLC is an American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company. , the Vice Media Group included five main business areas: VICE.com (digital content); VICE STUDIOS (film and TV production) VICE TV (also known as VICELAND); ...

Comics

* Impact Comics, a DC Comics imprint * ''Impact'' (EC Comics), a 1955 EC Comics comic book *

Impact (Image Comics) ''Cyber Force'' (sometimes stylized as ''CyberForce'' or ''CYBERFORCE'') is a comic book series created by writer and artist Marc Silvestri in 1992 through his publishing studio, Top Cow Productions, and published by Image Comics. Publication h ...

, an Image Comics comic book character

Film and television

* ''Impact'' (TV programme), a BBC World News weekday programme * ''Impact'' (1949 film), a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines * ''Impact'' (1963 film), a 1963 crime thriller starring Conrad Phillips * ''Impact'' (mini-series), a 2008 television mini-series starring Natasha Henstridge and David James Elliott * ''Impact!'' (TV series), the flagship television broadcast of the American professional wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling * ''Impact'' (2002 British TV series), a two-part British television miniseries

Record labels

Impact Records Impact Records was an American record label founded in 1989 by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. It was 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: Sas ...

, an American record label *

Impact Records (California) Impact Records was a California based record label run by CT Records creator, Tony Hilder in the 1960s. This label released some surf records by The Crestwoods, Dave Myers and The Surftones,45 CaImpact (Calif.) - Label Discography/ref> The Ramb ...

, a California record label in the 1960s *

Impact (record label) ''For other record labels named Impact Records, see Impact Records (disambiguation)'' Impact was a New Zealand record label which released records by, among others, Erana Clark, Ray Columbus, Allison Durbin, Gerry Merito, Lew Pryme, Bunny W ...

, a New Zealand record label

Albums

* ''Impact'', an album by thrash metal band

Dew-Scented Dew-Scented was a German thrash and death metal band. They have released eight studio albums and were last signed to Metal Blade Records (Europe) and Prosthetic Records (USA/North America). Their name is inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan ...

* ''Impact'' (1972 Charles Tolliver album), a live album by Charles Tolliver released on Enja Records * ''Impact'' (1975 Charles Tolliver album), a studio album by Charles Tolliver released on Strata-East Records * ''Impact'' (Eye Empire album)

Businesses and organisations

* Impact Confections, a candy company founded in 1981 * Impact! Miniatures, a company producing 28mm wargaming figures * IMPACT International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats * IMPACT,

Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union The Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union (IMPACT) was a trade union in the Republic of Ireland. It primarily organised workers in education, health, local government and the civil service. It also had members who worked for voluntary an ...

* IMPACT,

Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) is a joint, labor-management, non-profit trust formed under Section 302(c) (9) of Labor-Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act which includes contributing Local Unions of the ...

IMPACT (British 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 UN's ''Decade ...

, a charity focusing on public and preventative interventions to stop preventable disability * IMPACT (Canadian organization), a charity focusing on natural resources in conflict areas * IMPACT (computer graphics), a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations *

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promo ...

, a professional wrestling organization founded in 2002

Sport

CF Montréal CF Montréal is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1992 as the Montreal Impact (french: Impact de Montréal, links=no ...

, formerly known as Montreal Impact, a soccer (football) team in Major League Soccer, the top tier of North American professional soccer *

Montreal Impact (1992–2011) The Montreal Impact (french: Impact de Montréal) was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1993, the team played in the United Soccer League. Later, the Impact played in the North American Soccer League (NAS ...

, predecessor to the above team, that played in several second-level North American leagues during its history

Other uses

Impact (gamer) Jeong Eon-yeong ( ko, 정언영), better known as Impact, is a South Korean '' League of Legends'' player for FlyQuest of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). Impact won the Season 3 League of Legends World Championship as a member of ...

(born 1995), South Korean League of Legends player * Impact (typeface), a sans-serif typeface * Impact evaluation, a way of evaluating changes from an intervention or development programme * ''Impact'' (custom car), a custom-built 1934 Ford roadster