Word Study
ejector
CIDE DICTIONARY
ejector, n.
- One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. [1913 Webster]
- A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. [1913 Webster]
- That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ejector, n. a device for ejecting.
Idiom
ejector seat a device for the automatic ejection of the pilot etc. of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency.
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