Impact - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Backlash, Backwash, Bearing, Bed, Blow, Bounce, Brunt, Buffet, Bulldozing, Bump, Burden, Burn, Burnout, Cannon, Carom, Ceiling, Change, Clash

Impact - the (possibly destructive) effect of transfer of energy from one object striking another resulting in a near-instant change of relative velocity.

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