'Ejector' definitions:
Definition of 'ejector'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who ousts or supplants someone else [syn: ouster, ejector]
noun
A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing [syn: cartridge ejector, ejector]
Definition of 'Ejector'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]