plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: material thrown out (as from a volcano)
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Also look for bright 'ejecta rays' — streaks of reflective debris radiating from old impact sites.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2025
That ejecta slams into so much of the interstellar medium so hard that sufficient numbers of particles strike each other to make an acoustic wave.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025
Nonetheless, the steady hand of gravity allowed the Earth to reabsorb some of this ejecta, and a sizable portion of the rest formed the moon.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Previously, geophysicists had argued that these transitions represent the difference between volcanic materials above and ejecta from impacts buried below, and a change from porous rock (i.e. filled with cracks and hollows) to solid rock at 12 miles (20 kilometers) deep.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2025
That ejecta slams into so much of the interstellar medium so hard that sufficient numbers of particles strike each other to make an acoustic wave.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025
Nonetheless, the steady hand of gravity allowed the Earth to reabsorb some of this ejecta, and a sizable portion of the rest formed the moon.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Previously, geophysicists had argued that these transitions represent the difference between volcanic materials above and ejecta from impacts buried below, and a change from porous rock (i.e. filled with cracks and hollows) to solid rock at 12 miles (20 kilometers) deep.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Ejecta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ejecta. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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