[syn: cartridge ejector, ejector]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ejector \E*ject"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air
from a space.
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3. That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm
which ejects the empty shell.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the
vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ejector
n 1: a person who ousts or supplants someone else [syn:
ouster, ejector]
2: a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case
after firing [syn: cartridge ejector, ejector]