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ejector en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /iːˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
  • /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

Etymology

From eject + -or.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
  2. A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.
  3. ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
  4. That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
  5. A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.

Forms

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Deriveds

cartridge ejector · ejector condenser · saliva ejector · ejector seat

Translations (7)

ca ejector (ejector) · sv utkastare (ejector) · es eyector (ejector) · it espulsore (ejector) · sv ejektor (ejector) · fr éjecteur (ejector) · pl wyrzutnik (ejector)