ejecta en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/
- /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/
Etymology
Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
Nasa said the impact was expected to create a crater about 60ft (18 metres) wide and 12ft (4 metres) deep and throw dust and rock outward as ejecta.
2026 August 5, Oliver Holmes, “SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision”, in The Guardian, →ISSN: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.
2006, Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record, Springer, →ISBN, page 57:
Deriveds
Translations (8)
ru вы́бросы (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · cmn 噴出物 /喷出物 (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · ja 噴出物 (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · de Ejecta (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · fr éjecta (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · fi heite (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · es deyección (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano) · pl materiał wyrzucony (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano)