ejection seat

ejection seat

n.

A seat fitted with an explosive charge and designed to eject the occupant clear of an aircraft during an in-flight emergency.

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ejection seat, ejector seat

n

(Engineering / Aeronautics) a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency

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ejection seat - a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute ejector seat, capsule cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"