jet

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

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.

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛt/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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.