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English
Etymology
Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/, /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/
Noun
ejecta pl (plural only)
- (geology) Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
2006, Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record, Springer, →ISBN, page 57:Distal ejecta are, by definition, those ejecta that occur at considerable distances from the source crater (>5 crater radii from the crater rim; see, e.g., Melosh 1989). They either consist of (usually fine-grained) rock and mineral fragments or are of glassy consistency.
Derived terms
Translations
material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano
Further reading
Latin
Verb
ējectā
- second-person singular present active imperative of ējectō
References
Portuguese
Verb
ejecta
- inflection of ejectar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French éjecter.
Verb
a ejecta (third-person singular present ejectează, past participle ejectat) 1st conj.
- to eject
Conjugation