Jet (fluid)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
noun
(2) An artificially produced flow of water
(3) An airplane powered by one or more jet engines
(4) Street names for ketamine
(5) The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
(6) A hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
verb
(7) Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
"Water jetted forth"
"Flames were jetting out of the building"
(8) Fly a jet plane
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Etymology 1
From , , from . See , , , , .
Noun
- A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
- A class of airplane using jet engines rather than propellors.
- An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
- A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
- A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
Verb
- To spray out of a container.
- To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
- To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
Etymology 2
From / , , after from .