e·jec·tion
(ĭ-jĕk′shən)n.
1. The act of ejecting or the condition of being ejected.
2. Ejected matter.
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ejection
1. Escape from an aircraft by means of an independently propelled seat or capsule.
2. In air armament, the process of forcefully separating an aircraft store from an aircraft to achieve satisfactory separation.
2. In air armament, the process of forcefully separating an aircraft store from an aircraft to achieve satisfactory separation.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  ejection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejectingactuation, propulsion - the act of propelling belch, burp, burping, eructation, belching - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth belching - the forceful expulsion of something from inside; "the belching of smoke from factory chimneys" coughing up - the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, regurgitation, vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
| 2. |  ejection - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"defenestration - the act of throwing someone or something out of a window banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone deportation - the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien ostracism - the act of excluding someone from society by general consent |
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ejection
noun
1. expulsion, removal, ouster (Law), deportation, eviction, banishment, exile the ejection of hecklers at the meeting
2. dismissal, sacking (informal), firing (informal), removal, discharge, the boot (slang), expulsion, the sack (informal), dislodgement These actions led to his ejection from office.
3. emission, throwing out, expulsion, spouting, casting out, disgorgement the ejection of an electron by an atomic nucleus
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ejection
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Translations
طَرْد ، قَذْف
bortvisningudsmidning
katapultálás
brottrekstur; òaî sem òeytist út
vyhodenie
atılmafırlama
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ejection
[ɪˈdʒɛkʃən] n (= expulsion) [people] → expulsion fejector seat [ɪˈdʒɛktər] n → siège m éjectableCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ejection
n → Hinauswurf m; (of cartridge) → Auswerfen nt; (Tech) → Ausstoß m; ejection is the pilot’s last resort → Betätigung des Schleudersitzes ist die letzte Rettung für den Piloten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
eject
(iˈdʒekt) verb1. to throw out with force; to force to leave. They were ejected from their house for not paying the rent.
2. to leave an aircraft in an emergency by causing one's seat to be ejected. The pilot had to eject when his plane caught fire.
eˈjection (-ʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
e·jec·tion
n. eyección, acto de expulsar con fuerza;
___ murmur → soplo de ___;
___ sound → ruido de ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012