impact crater
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impact crater
noun impact craters
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A crater formed from a hypervelocity impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.
Similar: astrobleme, meteor crater
- A crater formed by a process involving impact (not necessarily a hypervelocity one). The accident occurred at 1413:42. Ground scars and wreckage scatter indicated that the airplane crashed into the Everglades in a right wing down, nose down attitude. The location of the primary impact crater was 25° 55’ north latitude, 80° 35’ west longitude, or approximately 17 miles northwest of M
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noun crater formed from an impact
| Español | cráter de impacto, astroblema |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 衝突クレーター shōtotsu kurētā, インパクトクレーター inpakutokurētā |
| 中文 | 撞擊坑 /撞击坑 zhuàngjīkēng, 隕石坑 /陨石坑 yǔnshíkēng |
| Français | cratère d'impact |
| Deutsch | Einschlagkrater, Impaktkrater |
| Italiano | cratere meteoritico, cratere da impatto |
| Ελληνικά | κρατήρας πρόσκρουσης kratíras próskrousis |
| Русский | уда́рный кра́тер udárnyj kráter, и́мпактный кра́тер ímpaktnyj kráter |
| Tiếng Việt | hố va chạm |
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title = {impact crater},
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