impact crater

English

Noun

impact crater (plural impact craters)

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

Synonyms

• astrobleme
• meteor crater

Translations

crater formed from an impact

• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: alfrapa kratero, meteorita kratero
• Finnish: törmäyskraatteri f
• French: cratère d’impact m
• German: Einschlagkrater m, Impaktkrater m
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• 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