Subcatastrophic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Not rising to the level of being catastrophic. not-comparable
"Because small impacts are much more numerous than large ones, these subcatastrophic collisions may be an important contributing factor in the evolution of small strength-dominated satellites. Even for gravity-dominated satellites, subcatastrophic collisions could be very important for the evolution of the satellites' surface geology."
Example
More examples"Because small impacts are much more numerous than large ones, these subcatastrophic collisions may be an important contributing factor in the evolution of small strength-dominated satellites. Even for gravity-dominated satellites, subcatastrophic collisions could be very important for the evolution of the satellites' surface geology."
Etymology
From sub- + catastrophic.
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