impact crater
Noun
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Noun
impact crater (plural impact craters)
- (geology) A crater formed from an impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.
- astrobleme
- meteor crater
- French: cratère d'impact
- German: Einschlagkrater, Impaktkrater
- Italian: cratere meteoritico, cratere da impatto
- Russian: уда́рный кра́тер
- Spanish: cráter de impacto, astroblema
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