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Ejector
//ɪˈd͡ʒɛktɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
- 2 a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing wordnet
- 3 A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.
- 4 An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump. wordnet
- 5 ejector 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.
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- 6 a person who ousts or supplants someone else wordnet
- 7 That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
- 8 A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.
Etymology
From eject + -or.
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