ejecta
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 6
/ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/
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/ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/ · /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/
Definition of ejecta
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(plural, plural-only)Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
“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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Etymology
Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
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