Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ejector"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ejector \E*ject"or\, n.
That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which
ejects the empty shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ejector \E*ject"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air
from a space.
{Ejector condenser} (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the
vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ejector
n : a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case
after firing [syn: {cartridge ejector}]
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