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A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ejector seat, capsule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
katapultsæde
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Dutch:
schietstoel
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Finnish:
heittoistuin
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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French:
siège éjectable
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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German:
Schleudersitz
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Indonesian:
kursi lenting
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Italian:
seggiolino eiettabile
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Malay:
kerusi lenting
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Norwegian Bokmål:
katapultsete
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
katapultsete
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Polish:
fotel wyrzucany
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Portuguese:
assento ejetor
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Russian:
катапульти́руемое кре́сло
(katapulʹtírujemoje kréslo)
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Spanish:
asiento eyectable
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Swedish:
katapultstol
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
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Ukrainian:
крісло-катапульта
(krislo-katapulʹta)
— seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit