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microcrater

microcrater noun: a tiny crater.

Noun

microcrater (plural microcraters)

  1. A tiny crater.
    • These particles have been studied using a number of techniques ranging from in-situ satellite detectors to analysis of lunar microcraters to ground-based observations of zodiacal light.2015, James Ira Thorpe, Cameron Parvini, Josep Trigo-Rodriguez, “Detection and Characterization of Micrometeoroids with LISA Pathfinder”, in arXiv

Forms of microcrater

pluralmicrocraters

Origin of microcrater

From micro- + crater.

Questions about microcrater

What does microcrater mean?
Microcrater means a tiny crater.
What part of speech is microcrater?
Microcrater is a noun.
What is the plural of microcrater?
The plural of microcrater is microcraters.

Words near microcrater in the dictionary

  1. microcrack
  2. microcracked
  3. microcracking
  4. microcracks
  5. microcrania
  6. microcrater
  7. microcraters
  8. microcraze
  9. microcrazes
  10. microcredential
  11. microcredentials

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