ejecta

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ejecta

/ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/
/əˈd͡ʒɛktə/

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Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.

noun

plural, 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.

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noun material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano

Español	deyección
日本語	噴出物 funshutsubutsu
中文	噴出物 /喷出物 pēnchūwù
Français	éjecta
Deutsch	Ejecta
Русский	вы́бросы výbrosy

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@misc{ejecta_2026,
  title = {ejecta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ejecta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}