impactor
noun/ɪmˈpæktɚ/US/ɪmˈpæktə/UK
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin impāctor, from impingō + -tor.
- borrowed from impāctor
Definitions
Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material.
- cascade impactor
An object which impacts another.
- Chicxulub impactor
- Although Dr. Bottke remains unconvinced that the impactor had a cometary origin, he noted that the asteroid explanation also raised many exciting and unresolved questions.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for impactor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA