impactor

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

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

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^[1], →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.

Borrowed from French impacteur.

impactor n (plural impactoare)

1. impactor