ejecta
/ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/
ejecta noun: material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
Noun
ejecta pl (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.2006, Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record, Springer, →ISBN, page 57
- Nasa said the impact was expected to create a crater about 60ft (18 metres) wide and 12ft (4 metres) deep and throw dust and rock outward as ejecta.2026 August 5, Oliver Holmes, “SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
ejecta meaning in Tamil
ejecta in Tamil
- கழிவு, வெளியேறிய பொருள்
Origin of ejecta
Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
Words formed from ejecta
Questions about ejecta
- What does ejecta mean?
- Ejecta means material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
- What is ejecta in Tamil?
- Ejecta in Tamil is கழிவு, வெளியேறிய பொருள். See Ejecta meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ejecta?
- Ejecta is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ejecta?
- Ejecta is pronounced /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/.
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