ejection (noun)
1ejection — eject ► VERB 1) force or throw out violently or suddenly. 2) (of a pilot) escape from an aircraft by means of an ejection seat. 3) compel (someone) to leave a place. DERIVATIVES ejection noun ejector noun. ORIGIN Latin eicere throw out , from… …
2ejection — 1560s, from M.Fr. ejection and directly from L. ejectionem, noun of action from pp. stem of ejicere (see EJECT (Cf. eject)). The jet pilot s ejection seat (also ejector seat) is from 1945 …
3ejection — noun 1) the ejection of electrons Syn: emission, discharge, expulsion, release; elimination 2) their ejection from the grounds Syn: expulsion, removal; eviction, banishment, exile 3) …
4ejection — noun Ejection is used before these nouns: ↑seat …
5ejection seat — (also ejector seat) ► NOUN ▪ an aircraft seat that can propel its occupant from the craft in an emergency …
6ejection capsule — noun : a pressurized cockpit designed to be ejected from airplanes in an emergency and equipped with an automatic parachute, survival gear, rations, and radio transmitter * * * a cockpit designed to be ejected from an aircraft in an emergency and …
7ejection seat — noun Date: 1945 an emergency escape seat for propelling an occupant out and away from an airplane …
8ejection — noun see eject …
9ejection — noun The act of ejecting …
10ejection seat — noun A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilots life when a crash is imminent …
