impact crater

English

Noun

impact crater (plural impact craters)

1. (geology, astronomy) A crater formed from a hypervelocity impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.

   Synonyms: astrobleme, meteor crater

2. A crater formed by a process involving impact (not necessarily a hypervelocity one).
   • 1997, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.1 History of Flight”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-Flight Fire and Impact with Terrain, ValuJet Airlines Flight 592, DC-9-32, N904VJ, Everglades, Near Miami, Florida, May 11, 1996‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 April 2022, pages 3–4:

     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 MIA.

Translations

crater formed from an impact

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撞擊坑／撞击坑 (zhuàngjīkēng), 隕石坑／陨石坑 (yǔnshíkēng)

• Esperanto: alfrapa kratero, meteorita kratero
• Finnish: törmäyskraatteri f
• French: cratère d’impact m
• German: Einschlagkrater m, Impaktkrater m
• Italian: cratere meteoritico m, cratere da impatto m
• Japanese: 衝突クレーター (shōtotsu kurētā), インパクトクレーター (inpakutokurētā)
• Navajo: adah hosh laní
• Russian: уда́рный кра́тер m (udárnyj kráter), и́мпактный кра́тер m (ímpaktnyj kráter)
• Spanish: cráter de impacto m, astroblema (es) m
• Ukrainian: уда́рний кра́тер m (udárnyj kráter)
• Vietnamese: hố va chạm