ejector seat

ejector seat
A seat in a military aircraft which allows the pilot or other crew members to quickly escape in the case of emergency using an explosive charge or rockets.

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  • ejector seat — ejector seats N COUNT An ejector seat is a special seat which can throw the pilot out of a fast military aircraft in an emergency …   English dictionary

  • ejector seat n — Ejector seat in a helicopter (Inventions by blondes) …   English expressions

  • ejector seat — UK [ɪˈdʒektə(r) ˌsiːt] / US [ɪˈdʒektər ˌsɪt] noun [countable] Word forms ejector seat : singular ejector seat plural ejector seats British a seat in a plane that will deliberately throw a pilot up and out into the air if the plane is likely to… …   English dictionary

  • Ejector Seat Reservation — Infobox Album Name = Ejector Seat Reservation Type = Album Artist = Swervedriver Released = 1995 Genre = Alternative rock Length = Label = Phantom Sound Vision Producer = Swervedriver Last album = Mezcal Head (1993) This album = Ejector Seat… …   Wikipedia

  • ejector seat — e jector .seat BrE e jection .seat AmE n a special seat that throws the pilot out of a plane when it is going to crash …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ejector seat — noun a pilot s seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute • Syn: ↑ejection seat, ↑capsule • Hypernyms: ↑seat • Part Holonyms: ↑cockpit …   Useful english dictionary

  • ejector seat — ejection seat; airplane seat which can be automatically ejected from an aircraft in the event of an emergency …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ejector seat — also ejection seat AmE noun (C) a special seat that throws the pilot out of a plane when it is going to crash …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ejector seat — /əˈdʒɛktə sit/ (say uh jektuh seet) noun a seat in an aircraft, etc., which can be propelled out of the aircraft in an emergency. Also, ejection seat …  

  • ejector — n. a device for ejecting. Phrases and idioms: ejector seat a device for the automatic ejection of the pilot etc. of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency …   Useful english dictionary

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