jet

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
2. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
3. A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
5. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
6. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
7. A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
8. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
9. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

Verb

1. To spray out of a container.
2. To spray with liquid from a container.
3. To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
4. To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
5. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
6. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
7. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
8. To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
9. (slang) To leave; depart.

Adj

Propelled by turbine engines.

Adj

Very dark black in colour.

Concepts

jais

jet

gicleur

avion à réaction

s’élancer

ajutage

se projeter

fontaine

injection

propulsion par réaction

buse

jaillir

giclée

réacteur

jet d'eau

vert

gicler

noir de jais

ajoutage

ajoutoir

ajutoir

jaillissement

jaget

filet

effort de vitesse

effort soudain

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.