Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Ejected matter, as that from an erupting volcano.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Things that are cast out or away; refuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Matter ejected; material thrown out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Material which has been
ejected , especially from avolcano or animpact crater .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Although researchers call the ejecta ash, it really isn't the type of burned material that most people associate with the word.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Although researchers call the ejecta ash, it really isn't the type of burned material that most people associate with the word.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The force of the impact of the object against the gas planet caused debris and what scientists call ejecta to shoot away in all directions from the point of impact.
Museum Blogs 2009
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We were basically able to basically locate multiple mortar locations that corresponded with the locations of the craters and the pattern of the ejecta material ejected from the craters.
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Other landscape features include crater lakes, fumaroles, lava tubes, sulfur fields and a great variety of lava and other ejecta such as pumice, ash and tuff.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Notice the longitudinal asymmetry quenching asymmetrically, hence protruding the major lobe opposite–also consistent to molten formation processes of Mons Olympus mega-ejecta–a hurricane of high atmospheric rock, ash and dust.
Small Asteroids, Bread Flour, and a Dutch Physicist's 150-year Old Theory | Universe Today 2010
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They were able to make some great observations of the ejecta cloud with DIVINER, and we had good signals with our instruments all the way down to impact.
Look for "Flood" of News This Week About Water on the Moon | Universe Today 2010
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While Nectaris' basaltic flows appear darker than those in most maria, it is one of the older formations on the Moon, and as the terminator progresses you'll be able to see where ejecta belonging to Tycho crosses its surface.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: February 19-21, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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While volcanic ejecta in many parts of the world is acidic, in Java it is chemically basic, rich in soluble plant nutrients, such a calcium, magnesium, nitrogen and phosphorus.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 1 Richard Bangs 2010
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While volcanic ejecta in many parts of the world is acidic, in Java it is chemically basic, rich in soluble plant nutrients, such a calcium, magnesium, nitrogen and phosphorus.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 1 Richard Bangs 2010
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