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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.

verb (jets, jetting, jetted)
  • 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.

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