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  2. First impression (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    However, impressions of dates made via video were to be much more negative than those made in person. An additional study that looked at characterization of a romantic partner suggested that people are more likely to rely on "gut reactions" when meeting in person, but there isn't sufficient information for this kind of evaluation when viewing ...

  3. Impression, Sunrise - Wikipedia

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    Impression, Sunrise ( French: Impression, soleil levant) is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet first shown at what would become known as the "Exhibition of the Impressionists" in Paris in April, 1874. The painting is credited with inspiring the name of the Impressionist movement . Impression, Sunrise depicts the port of Le Havre, Monet's hometown ...

  4. Dental impression - Wikipedia

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    A dental impression is a negative imprint of hard and soft tissues in the mouth from which a positive reproduction, such as a cast or model, can be formed. It is made by placing an appropriate material in a dental impression tray which is designed to roughly fit over the dental arches. The impression material is liquid or semi-solid when first ...

  5. Forensic footwear evidence - Wikipedia

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    An impression made by person running will make impressions that are deeper in the heel and toe sections. A person carrying a heavy load such as a body will leave imprints that are deeper than when not carrying a heavy load. Manufacture, model and approximate size of footwear: Footwear impression can show the design elements (shapes, patterns ...

  6. Fingerprint - Wikipedia

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    Fingerprint identification, known as dactyloscopy, [30] ridgeology, [31] or hand print identification, is the process of comparing two instances of friction ridge skin impressions (see minutiae), from human fingers or toes, or even the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, to determine whether these impressions could have come from the same ...

  7. Seal (emblem) - Wikipedia

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    Seal (emblem) A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interference with a package or envelope by applying a seal which had to be broken to open the container ...

  8. Indentation hardness - Wikipedia

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    Indentation hardness tests are used in mechanical engineering to determine the hardness of a material to deformation. Several such tests exist, wherein the examined material is indented until an impression is formed; these tests can be performed on a macroscopic or microscopic scale. When testing metals, indentation hardness correlates roughly ...

  9. Impression management - Wikipedia

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    Impression management. Impression management is a conscious or subconscious process in which people attempt to influence the perceptions of other people about a person, object or event by regulating and controlling information in social interaction. [ 1] It was first conceptualized by Erving Goffman in 1959 in The Presentation of Self in ...