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ejecta

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See also: éjecta

English

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Etymology

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Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/, /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/

Noun

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ejecta pl (plural only)

  1. (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.

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Latin

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Verb

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ējectā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ējectō

References

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Portuguese

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Verb

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ejecta

  1. inflection of ejectar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éjecter.

Verb

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a ejecta (third-person singular present ejectează, past participle ejectat) 1st conj.

  1. to eject

Conjugation

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