Ejection

Ejection and ejecting can refer to the following:

Accidents and safety

• Ejection seat, safety device typically used to escape an aircraft in-flight
• To be forcefully thrown from a moving vehicle, such as in a car accident

Sports

• Ejection (sports), the act of removing a player or team official from a game, usually for misconduct or other rules violation or for fighting.

Medicine and science

• Acoustic droplet ejection, a method of moving fluid, without physical contact, using ultrasound
• Coronal mass ejection, ejection of material from a sun's corona
• Ejection fraction, the fraction of blood pumped with each heart beat
• Particles ejected during the formation of an impact crater or volcanic eruption are known as ejecta.

Firearms

In firearms utilizing cartridge ammunition, ejection is a process by which spent cartridges are forced out of the chamber after firing. This process can be accomplished by means of a manually operated mechanism (such as an extractor on a revolver) or is automatic.

Church

Historically in England, incumbents could be "ejected" for Nonconformity.

See also

• toothpaste tube theory