impactor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin impāctor, from impingō + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpæktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpæktə/
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

impactor (plural impactors)

1. Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material.

   cascade impactor (particle measurement device)

2. An object which impacts another.

   Chicxulub impactor

   • 2021 February 15, Becky Ferreira, “Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impacteur.

Noun

impactor n (plural impactoare)

1. impactor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	impactor	impactorul		impactoare	impactoarele
genitive-dative	impactor	impactorului		impactoare	impactoarelor
vocative	impactorule			impactoarelor