ejecta
Definitions
Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
plural, plural-only
Equivalents
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Examples
“Distal ejecta are, by definition, those ejecta that occur⟳ at considerable distances from the source crater (>5 crater radii from the crater rim; see⟳, e.g., Melosh 1989). They either consist⟳ of (usually fine-grained) rock and mineral fragments or are of glassy consistency.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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