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Ejector   Listen
noun
Ejector  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
2.
(Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.
3.
That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.





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"Ejector" Quotes from Famous Books



... a train has been standing in a siding, and that air has gradually filled the vacuum chamber by leakage. The engine is coupled on, and the driver at once turns on the steam ejector,[21] which sucks all the air out of the pipes and chambers throughout the train. The air is sucked directly from the under side of the piston through pipe D; and from the space A A and the cylinder (open at the top) through the channel C, lifting the ball, which, as soon as exhaustion ...
— How it Works • Archibald Williams


Words linked to "Ejector" :   mechanism, soul, gun, someone, ouster, ejector seat, individual, mortal


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