Dictionary Definition
jet adj : of the blackest black; similar to the
color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black,
jet-black,
pitchy, sooty]
Noun
1 an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
[syn: jet
plane, jet-propelled
plane]
3 a hard black form of lignite that takes a
brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
5 an artificially produced flow of water [syn:
fountain]
Verb
1 issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or
spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the
building" [syn: gush]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
From jet, get giet, iactus from iacere. See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut.Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -ɛt
Noun
- A stream, spout, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- A class of airplane whose engines use turbines 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.
Translations
spray
airplane
- Bulgarian: реактивен самолет
- Dutch: straalvliegtuig
- Finnish: suihkukone
- French: jet
- Japanese: ジェット機 (じぇっとき, jettoki)
- Spanish: jet
Verb
- To spray out of a container.
- To travel on a jet plane.
Adjective
- Propelled by turbine engines.
- jet airplane
Translations
propelled
- Bulgarian: реактивен
- Spanish: a chorro, a propulsión, a reacción
Etymology 2
From / jet, jayet, gagates after Gagas, a town and river in Lycia.Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -ɛt
Noun
Translations
coal
colour
Adjective
- Of a very dark black in colour.
Translations
Derived terms
- bubble-jet printer
- executive jet
- fanjet
- gas jet
- ink-jet printer
- jato
- jet-black
- jet boat
- jet engine
- jet fighter, fighter jet
- jet lag
- jet off
- jet set
- jet stream, jetstream
- jet turbine
- jet wash
- jetbead
- jetfoil
- jetliner
- jetpack
- jetport
- jet-propelled
- jetsam
- jetski, jet ski
- jetwash
- jettison
- jumbo jet
- jump jet
- pulse jet
- ram jet, ramjet
- superjet
- trijet
See also
References
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Czech
Pronunciation
Extensive Definition
Jet may refer to:
Science
- Jet (fluid), a stream of material
- Jet (lignite), a mineral-like material in geology
- Jet (mathematics), an operation that produces an abstract polynomial
- Jet (nozzle) a nozzle designed to produce a stream of a fluid
- Jet (particle physics), a cone of hadrons
- Joint European Torus, or JET is an experimental nuclear fusion reactor
- Blue jet, a form of upper atmospheric lightning in meteorology
- Relativistic jet, a stream of fast-moving plasma emitted from an active galaxy
- Jet bundle, a manipulation of differential equations in mathematics
- Journal of Economic Theory (JET), a leading journal in theoretical economics
Aerospace
- Jet engine
- Jet aircraft
- Jet Airways, an airline based in India serving domestic and international routes
- JetBlue Airways, an airline based in New York
- Jetstar Airways, an Australian airline servicing domestic and International routes
- Jetsgo, a Canadian airline
Music
- "Jet" (song), a 1973 single by Wings
- Jet (band), a rock band from Melbourne, Australia who took their name from the above song
- Jet (Italian band), a rock band from Genoa, northern Italy
- Jet (UK band), a 1970s glam rock band from England
- Jet-CD, a 1998 album by Puffy AmiYumi
- The Jets (1980s pop band), a 1980s pop, R&B, dance and religious music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- The Jets (rock band), a 1970s rock band from Pekin, Illinois
- The Jets (pop band), a 1970s rockabilly band from Northampton, England
- Jet Records, a record label
- Joan Jett, American rock guitarist and singer
Fiction
- Jet (Wildstorm), a character from Wildstorm/DC Comics
- Jet (comics), a female character in DC comics New Guardians
- Jet Jaguar, a fictional robot from the 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon
- The Jets, a gang in the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story
- Jet, a character from the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Jet, the tenth episode of the first season of the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Jet Black, a character from the anime Cowboy Bebop
- Jet the Hawk, a video game character from Sonic Riders
- Jet, a widely used drug in the Fallout 2 universe
- Jet Fusion, a cartoon character from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Jet Link, who is Cyborg 002, a character from Cyborg 009
Sports
- New York Jets, an American football team
- Jet 14, a class of racing sailboats primarily located from the U.S. Atlantic coast to Ohio
- Delhi Jets, A Cricket team from Indian Cricket League
- Winnipeg Jets, a former professional hockey team
- Ipswich Jets, Australian rugby league team
- Jet, Diane Youdale, one of the stars of Gladiators
- "Jet," or "Jet Terry," nickname of Dallas Maverick Jason Terry
- Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, A kickboxer, coreographer and actor Benny Urquidez
- Newcastle United Jets, a professional soccer team in the Australian A-League competition
- Newtown Jets, Australian rugby league team
Culture
- Jet (magazine), an African-American themed magazine
- Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star
- JET Programme, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (teaching English)
- Jet (slang), to leave in a hurry
Products and business
- jetAudio, Multimedia software product
- Microsoft Jet Database Engine, Joint Engine Technology
- Java Emitter Templates, a template engine that is part of the Eclipse EMF project
- Matra Sports Jet, a French sports car
- Jet (brand), a filling station brand name
- JET TV, a television station in Singapore and Taiwan in the Jadeworld station group
- Pump-jet, a marine propulsion mechanism for jetskis and other types of boats
- Water jet cutter, a tool for cutting and the machining of engineering materials
- Jet: a tube, nozzle, or passageway in a carburetor
Places
- Jet, Oklahoma, United States of America
Other
- Water jet (recreation), a personal-use water cannon that can be turned to spray in different directions and is usually found in water parks
jet in Catalan: Jet
jet in German: Jet
jet in Spanish: Jet
jet in French: Jet
jet in Korean: 제트
jet in Indonesian: Jet
jet in Italian: JET
jet in Dutch: Jet
jet in Japanese: ジェット
jet in Polish: Jet
jet in Portuguese:
Avião#Avi.C3.B5es_a_jato
jet in Simple English: Jet
jet in Finnish: Jet
jet in Swedish: Jet
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Jet Liner, anabasis, ascension, ascent, black, blowtorch, business jet,
charcoal, clamber, climb, climbing, coal, crow, ebon, ebony, elevation, escalade, fountain, gush, gyring up, increase, ink, inky, jet plane, jetty, jump, leap, levitation, mount, mounting, multi-jet, night, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark,
pulse-jet, ramjet,
raven, rise, rising, rocketing up, sable, saltation, shooting up,
single-jet, sloe, smoke, smut, soaring, soot, spout, spring, sprit, spritz, spurt, surge, tailless jet, takeoff, taking off, tar, turbojet, twin-jet, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, zooming