ejecta
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See also: éjecta
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Translations
[edit]material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano
Further reading
[edit]- “ejecta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]ējectā
References
[edit]- ejecta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]ejecta
- inflection of ejectar:
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]a ejecta (third-person singular present ejectează, past participle ejectat) 1st conj.
- to eject
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of ejecta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a ejecta | ||||||
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gerund | ejectând | ||||||
past participle | ejectat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | ejectez | ejectezi | ejectează | ejectăm | ejectați | ejectează | |
imperfect | ejectam | ejectai | ejecta | ejectam | ejectați | ejectau | |
simple perfect | ejectai | ejectași | ejectă | ejectarăm | ejectarăți | ejectară | |
pluperfect | ejectasem | ejectaseși | ejectase | ejectaserăm | ejectaserăți | ejectaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să ejectez | să ejectezi | să ejecteze | să ejectăm | să ejectați | să ejecteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | ejectează | ejectați | |||||
negative | nu ejecta | nu ejectați |
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