Definition of "jet"
- 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 type 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.
A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
- 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.
- adjective
Propelled by turbine engines.
Very dark black in colour.
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