impact point
Where it lands
Impact point is the exact location where something strikes a surface or target.
In ballistics and physics, it refers to where a projectile, object, or force makes contact: The bullet's impact point was three inches left of center.
Military and aerospace contexts use the term for where missiles, bombs, or debris land.
The phrase also appears in crash analysis and sports to describe collision locations.
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- targetObject of pursuit
- dead centerPrecise middle point
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
direct hit · hit · landing · drop zone · trajectory · bullseye · kill zone · ground zero · entry · entry wound · contact · blast · debris · splash zone · epicenter · blast radius · touchdown · splashdown
- Crash InvestigationsNTSB, crash investigation, crash site, crash scene, black box
- projectile physicstrajectory, projectile motion, launch angle, velocity, gravity
- artillerycannons, cannon, howitzers, howitzer, mortars
- trajectoriestrajectory, arc, path, parabola, flight path
impact pointlaunch site
Rocket departure facility
point of origin · origin point · departure point · firing point · release point
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