ejecta

See also: éjecta

English

Etymology

Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/, /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/

Noun

ejecta pl (plural only)

1. (geology) Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
   • 2006, Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record, Springer, →ISBN, page 57:

     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.

Derived terms

• ejecta spherule

 

Translations

material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴出物／喷出物 (pēnchūwù)

• Finnish: heite (fi)
• French: éjecta (fr) m
• German: Ejecta f
• Japanese: 噴出物 (ふんしゅつぶつ, funshutsubutsu)
• Russian: вы́бросы (ru) m pl (výbrosy)

Further reading

• “ejecta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Latin

Verb

ējectā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ējectō

References

• ejecta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

ejecta

1. inflection of ejectar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éjecter.

Verb

a ejecta (third-person singular present ejectează, past participle ejectat) 1st conj.

1. to eject

Conjugation

    conjugation of ejecta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a ejecta
gerund			ejectând
past participle			ejectat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ejectez	ejectezi	ejectează	ejectăm	ejectați	ejectează
	imperfect	ejectam	ejectai	ejecta	ejectam	ejectați	ejectau
	simple perfect	ejectai	ejectași	ejectă	ejectarăm	ejectarăți	ejectară
	pluperfect	ejectasem	ejectaseși	ejectase	ejectaserăm	ejectaserăți	ejectaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ejectez	să ejectezi	să ejecteze	să ejectăm	să ejectați	să ejecteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ejectează			ejectați
	negative		nu ejecta			nu ejectați