Microcrater

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From micro- + crater.

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