ejecta
See also: éjecta
English
Etymology
Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈjektə/, /əˈd͡ʒɛktə/
Noun
ejecta pl (plural only)
- (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.
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Translations
material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano
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Further reading
- “ejecta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin
Verb
ējectā
- 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)
Romanian
Etymology
From French éjecter.
Verb
a ejecta (third-person singular present ejectează, past participle ejectat) 1st conj.
- to eject
Conjugation
conjugation of ejecta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a ejecta | ||||||
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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 |