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overall impression

noun/ˌəʊvərɔːl ɪmˈpreʃən/

A2CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The general impression a design produces on an informed user, the touchstone for design infringement.

Although the details differed, the two chairs created the same overall impression and so the design was infringed.

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

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