ejection
- n the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
- n the act of forcing out someone or something
the ejection of troublemakers by the police
ejection seat
- n a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
ejector
- n a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- n a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing
ejector seat
- n a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
ekbom syndrome
- n feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs
ekg
- n a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph