impactor

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpæktɚ/

The English word “impactor” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

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

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