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Noun: ejection seat  i'jek-shun seet
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: ejector seat)
  1. A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
    "The pilot activated the ejection seat when the engine failed";
    - ejector seat [Brit], capsule

Derived forms: ejection seats

Type of: seat

Part of: cockpit

Encyclopedia: Ejection seat