ejecta

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/
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/ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/ · /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/

Definition of ejecta

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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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