crater

crater
The pit, depression, or cavity formed in the surface of the Earth by an explosion. It may range from saucer shaped to conical, depending largely on the depth of burst. In the case of a deep underground burst, no rupture of the surface may occur. The resulting cavity is termed a “camouflet”.

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  • 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)… …   Wikipedia

  • crater — CRÁTER, cratere, s.n. 1. Deschizătură în formă de pâlnie la un vulcan, prin care ţâşnesc vapori, gaze, cenuşă etc. şi se revarsă lava. 2. Gaură în formă de pâlnie făcută de un meteorit pe suprafaţa pământului. ♢ Crater lunar = adâncitură rotundă… …   Dicționar Român

  • Cráter — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término cráter hace referencia a: Cráter (volcánico), aberturas o bocas de erupción de los volcanes. Cráter (impacto), formación producida por el impacto de meteoritos contra un cuerpo como un planeta, asteroide o …   Wikipedia Español

  • CRATER — ἀπὶ τȏυ κέρατος, quasi κερατὴρ, quoniam in cornua potio olim fundebatur; cuius rei vestigia certissima in antiquis inscriptionibus. D. Ambrosius, l. de Elia ac ieiunio, c. 17. Per cornu etiam fluentia in fauces hominum vina decurrunt, et si quis… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Crater — Cra ter (kr[=a] t[ e]r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath r, fr. keranny nai to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook, [,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.] 1. The basinlike opening… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crater — 1610s, from L. crater, from Gk. krater bowl for mixing wine with water, from kera to mix, from PIE root *kere . Used in Latin for bowl shaped mouth of a volcano. Applied to features of the Moon since 1860. As a verb, from 1884 …   Etymology dictionary

  • cráter — sustantivo masculino 1. Área: geología Depresión de los volcanes por la que éstos expulsan lava y gases al exterior: Nos enseñaron el cráter de un volcán extinguido hace miles de años. 2. Hundimiento que aparece en la superficie de la Tierra o de …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • cráter — (Del lat. crater, copa, y este del gr. κρατήρ). 1. m. Depresión topográfica más o menos circular formada por explosión volcánica y por la cual sale humo, ceniza, lava, fango u otras materias, cuando el volcán está en actividad. 2. Depresión… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • crater — ► NOUN ▪ a large bowl shaped cavity, especially one caused by an explosion or impact or forming the mouth of a volcano. ► VERB ▪ form a crater or craters in. ORIGIN Greek krat r mixing bowl …   English terms dictionary

  • Crater — Crater. См. Кратер (Сварочная ванна). (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Crater — (gr.), s. Krater …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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