plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: material thrown out (as from a volcano)
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The volcanic gas and ejecta hazards west of the erupting vents stress the hazardous nature of this closed area of Kīlauea's summit.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Rather than a simple cone of material, there were filaments and clumps of ejecta, all moving at different speeds.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2024
In recent years, scientists have proposed an even more outlandish explanation: The plumes are hydrothermal ejecta from an underground ocean.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said 2024 PT5 is possibly a piece of ejecta from an impact on the moon, meaning the mini-moon may have originated as a piece of the original moon, according to the New York Times.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Rather than a simple cone of material, there were filaments and clumps of ejecta, all moving at different speeds.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2024
In recent years, scientists have proposed an even more outlandish explanation: The plumes are hydrothermal ejecta from an underground ocean.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said 2024 PT5 is possibly a piece of ejecta from an impact on the moon, meaning the mini-moon may have originated as a piece of the original moon, according to the New York Times.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Ejecta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ejecta. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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