Look up: crater

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   crater
   1) A depression formed by the impact of a meteorite. 2) A depression around the orifice of a volcano.
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   Crater
   Impact craters are the remains of collisions between an asteroid or meteorite and the Earth.
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   Crater
   A crater was a large earthenware vessel used for mixing wines in Greece and Rome. The term also describes the outlet of a volcano or the hole made in the earth by an explosion.
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   crater
   [n] - a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus 2. [n] - a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
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   Crater
   English name: The Cup. Genitive name: Crateris. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
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   Crater
   A depression in a moon or planet's surface, usually caused by something crashing into it at speed.
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   crater
   (slang) to cave in; to fail. After a violent blowout, the force of the fluids escaping from the wellbore sometimes blows a large hole in the ground. In this case, the well is said to have cratered. Equipment craters when it falls.
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   crater
   the cone-shaped cavity due to an eruption of a volcano; Usually the mouth of a volcano; Bowl-shaped cavity especially that made by a bomb or shell Category: Management in the public and private sector • bowl-shaped cavity at the summit, or on the side of a volcano Category: The cosmos • cavity or hollow formed on the bottom of wells in which water collects Category: Buil...
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   Crater
   Pit in the surface of concrete resulting from cracking of the mortar due to expansive forces associated with a particle of unsound aggregate or a contaminating material, such as wood or glass.
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    Crater
    Cra'ter noun [ Latin crater , cratera , a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Greek krath`r , from keranny`nai to mix; confer Sanskrit çrī to mix, çir to cook, çrā to cook. Confer Grail , in Holy Grail .] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly ...
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    crater
    The most depressed, usually central portion of an ulcer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    crater
    noun a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
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    Crater
    `Crater` may refer to: In `landforms`: *Impact crater, caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet *Volcanic crater or caldera, formed by volcanic activity *Subsidence crater, from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion *A maar crater, a relief crater caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion `Other`: *Cratering, when reindeer dig for lichens that sustain them in winter months *Crater (constel...
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    crater
    (kra´tәr) an excavated area surrounded by an elevated margin, such as is caused by ulceration.
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    Crater
    • (n.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine. • (n.) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. • (n.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
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    crater
    (from the article `Cosmos`) The cratering records on the airless (and therefore erosion-free) Moon and Mercury are consistent with a very heavy period of meteoritic impacts ... [6 related articles]
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    crater
    The most depressed, usually central portion of an ulcer.
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    Crater
    Circular depression in the ground surface created by volcanic activity or asteroid impact.
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    crater
    
    1. a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
    2. a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
    3. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
    
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    Crater
    (abbr. Crt, gen. Crateris) The Cup; a small, faint southern constellation that lies next to Hydra. Its only star above fourth magnitude is Delta Crt (visual magnitude 3.56, absolute magnitude -0.32, spectral type K0III, distance 195 light-years). Crater. © 2003 Tors...
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    crater
    A bowl-like depression (the word literally means 'cup' in Latin) on the surface of a planet, moon, or asteroid. Craters range in size from a few centimeters to over 1,000 km across, and are mostly caused by impact (see impact crater and impact basin) or by volcanic activity, though some ar...
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    crater
    crater, circular, bowl-shaped depression on the earth's surface. (For a discussion of lunar craters, see moon.) Simple craters are bowl-shaped with a raised outer rim. Complex craters have a raised central peak surrounded by a trough and a fractured rim.Many of the largest craters are formed by the ...
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