Crater definitions

Crater

1) Big depression 2) Bomb hole 3) Bomb-hole 4) Bowl-shaped cavity 5) Bowl-shaped depression 6) Bowl-shaped mouth of volcano 7) Cavity in a volcano 8) Cleft 9) Constellation 10) Copernicus on the moon 11) Constellation, Cup 12) Crack 13) Crevice 14) Drop spectacularly 15) Etnean cavity 16) Evidence of a major impact
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Crater

1) Boxer 2) Caldera 3) Lake 4) Maar
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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

• (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

A round impression left in a planet or satellite from a meteoroid.
Found on http://www.braeunig.us/space/glossary.htm

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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

(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

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

(kra´tәr) an excavated area surrounded by an elevated margin, such as is caused by ulceration.
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crater

A hole that was created in the earth or celestial body from the impact of a meteor.
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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

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 .] ...
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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

A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of an asteroid or meteoroid. Also the depression around the opening of a volcano.
Found on http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-glossary.html

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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

1) A depression formed by the impact of a meteorite. 2) A depression around the orifice of a volcano.
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crater

a hole formed by a meteorite hitting the surface of a planet or a moon dark matter
Found on https://sciencetrek.org/sciencetrek/topics/astronomy/glossary.cfm

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crater

a hole formed by a meteorite hitting the surface of a planet or a moon dark matter
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Crater

a cup shaped depression or opening in a volcano
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Crater

A small, shallow surface imperfection.
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crater

noun a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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crater

(depression) Click images to enlargeBowl-shaped depression in the ground, usually round and with steep sides. Craters are formed by explosive events such as the eruption of a volcano or the impact of a meteorite. The Moon has more than 300,000 cr...
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crater

1. A steep-walled, usually conical depression at the summit or on the flanks of a volcano, resulting from the explosive ejection of material from a vent. 2. A bowl-shaped depression with a raised, overturned rim produced by the impact of a meteorite or other energetic projectile.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22327

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crater

a hole formed by a meteorite hitting the surface of a planet or a moon dark matter
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22786

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