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impairment
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impairment \Im*pair"ment\, n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.]
The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury. ``The
impairment of my health.''
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., emparement, from Old French empeirement, from empeirier (see impair). Re-Latinized spelling is from 1610s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor. 2 (context accounting English) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
WordNet
n. the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, harm]
a symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: deterioration]
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" [syn: disability, disablement, handicap]
damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, deadening]
Wikipedia
Impairment may refer to:
- In health, any loss or abnormality of physiological, psychological, or anatomical structure or function, whether permanent or temporary. Identifying impairments that contribute to disability, a functional problem for a patient, is a key factor for a health professional to determine appropriate treatment.
- In accounting, a downward revaluation of fixed assets
- A classification of poor water quality for a surface water body under the U.S. Clean Water Act
An Impairment cost must be included under expenses when the book value of an asset exceeds the recoverable amount. Impairment of assets is the diminishing in quality, strength amount, or value of an asset. Fixed assets, commonly known as PPE, refers to long-lived assets such as buildings, land, machinery, and equipment; these assets are the most likely to experience impairment, which may be caused by several factors.
Usage examples of "impairment".
Fourteenth Amendment which secures the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States against abridgment or impairment by the law of a State.
This impairment, as well as the insensibility of six of the leaves, may be attributed to injury from exosmose, caused by the density of the fluids placed on their discs.
Observations on Memory Impairment After Temporal Lobectomy for Epilepsy.
The slightest functional disturbance of the stomach deranges, more or less, all the succeeding operations of digestion and tends to the vitiation and impairment of the delicate processes of nutrition.
An analytic logic of identity and difference presents the only relationship between the two series as mutual avoidance or, upon contact and the impairment of purity, mutual annihilation.
One case was that in which there was congenital absence of the external auditory meatus of both ears without much impairment of hearing.
Later, the audiologist confirmed that there was no physical impairment in his auditorychannels.
Court has held that the obligation of contracts is capable of impairment by subsequent judicial decisions no less than by subsequent statutes and that it is able to prevent such impairment.
But I mentioned that the important symbolic content of dreams showed significant neocortical involvement, although the frequently reported impairments in reading, writing, arithmetic and verbal recall suffered in dreams were striking.
There is more or less fever about the body, impairment of the digestive organs, and sleeplessness.
Understanding the nature of these impairments might suggest, if not curative treatments - because for most none is known - then at least potential approaches to rehabilitation.
For example, lesions in the right hemisphere of the cerebral cortex may lead to impairments in thought and action, but in the nonverbal realm, which is, by definition, difficult for the patient or the physician to describe.
The connection is clearly shown by the profound memory impairment that results from lesions of the hippocampus.
Comparable lesions in the right hemisphere lead to impairment of three-dimensional vision, pattern recognition, musical ability and holistic reasoning.
Sign: Capricorn Track: Wet Queen's Wardrobe By: Mister Duane's House of Vision Impairment Finland Located partly inside the Arctic Circle, Finland has long been a popular destination with travelers who enjoy the feeling of knowing that if their car breaks down, they could be eaten by wolves.