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ɪˈdʒɛk təejec·ta
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ejectanoun
Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
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Ejecta
'Ejecta can mean: ⁕In volcanology, particles that came out of a volcanic vent, traveled through the air or under water, and fell back on the ground surface or on the ocean floor. Ejecta can consist of: ⁕Juvenile particles - ⁕Cognate or accessory particles - older volcanic rocks from the same volcano ⁕Accidental particles - derived from the rocks under the volcano. ⁕In planetary geology, the debris that is ejected during the formation of an impact crater. ⁕In astrophysics, material expelled in a stellar explosion like in supernova or in coronal mass ejection. ⁕In pathology, excretion. ⁕In firearms, the projectile, wad, sabot, propellant gases, etc. that leave the barrel when the firearm is discharged, taken as a whole for the purpose of considering internal ballistics, transitional ballistics and recoil.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ejecta in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ejecta in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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A' lightbulb' was sitting deep inside the ejecta of the explosion, it would have been hard to see this in a normal stellar explosion. But The Cow had very little ejecta mass, which allowed us to view the central engine's radiation directly.
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A lightbulb was sitting deep inside the ejecta of the explosion, it would have been hard to see this in a normal stellar explosion. But The Cow had very little ejecta mass, which allowed us to view the central engines radiation directly.
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