ejector
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/, /iːˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
Noun
ejector (plural ejectors)
- One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
- (mechanics) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. {Ejector condenser} (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.
- 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.
- That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
- A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.
Latin
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