jet
Multiple Entries:jet JET
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jet1
▶noun
- 1 a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening.
- 2 a jet engine.
■ an aircraft powered by jet engines.
- 1 spurt out in a jet.
- 2 travel by jet aircraft.
– origin C16: from Fr. jeter ‘to throw’, based on L. jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jet2
▶noun
- 1 a hard black semi-precious variety of lignite.
- 2 a glossy black colour.
– origin ME: from OFr. jaiet, from L. Gagates, from Gk gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
JET
▶abbreviation Joint European Torus.
'jet' also found in these Oxford entries:
afterburner
- basic oxygen process
- douche
- drinking fountain
- fan jet
- fire extinguisher
- flame
- flame gun
- flameout
- gaslight
- gas turbine
- heat-seeking
- JATO
- JET
- jetboat
- jet engine
- jetfoil
- jet lag
- jetliner
- jet propulsion
- jet set
- jet ski
- jet stream
- jettison
- jetton
- jetty
- jumbo
- jump jet
- jut
- lance
- mantle
- nozzle
- prop jet
- ramjet
- reheat
- sandblast
- slipstream
- spicule
- squirt
- steamer
- steam turbine
- thrust
- turbofan
- turbojet
- turboprop
- V-1
- water cannon
- water pistol
