jet
jet
- n an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- n the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- n a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
- n atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
- n street names for ketamine
- n an artificially produced flow of water
- v issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
Water jetted forth
flames were jetting out of the building - v fly a jet plane
- s of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
- The jet flame, burning conventional fuels, tends to blow out at supersonic flight speeds (above 720 m.
- Problem: how to make a jet engine work under water.
- A touchy subject in aviation circles is the effect of jet engine noise on human nerves and bodies.