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the dent the world remembers you by, long after the collision.
means The forceful effect, influence, or collision of one thing striking against another — whether a literal crash or a lasting change.
from From Latin 'impactus,' the past participle of 'impingere' — to drive into, to push against — built from 'in-' (into) plus 'pangere' (to fix, fasten, or strike). For its first centuries in English it meant a physical wedging or striking together; the figurative sense of 'a strong effect on someone or something' is comparatively modern, and the verb 'to impact' (as in 'this impacts us') is more recent still — which is why it can sound jarring to some ears.
- physics origin
- From Latin impactus, meaning struck or driven in
- craters
- Earth has over 190 confirmed asteroid impact sites
- force math
- Doubling speed quadruples the force of collision
- word creep
- Once only physical, now hijacked by every meeting
chicxulub meteor — 66 million years ago, 10km asteroid struck mexico's yucatan peninsula, caused mass extinction
hiroshima bombing — august 6 1945, atomic bomb detonated over japan, killed 140,000 people
mount vesuvius eruption — 79 ad, volcano buried pompeii and herculaneum under ash, preserved roman cities