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JET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: jetted    , jetting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artificially produced flow of water

Synonyms:

fountain; jet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jet" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Derivation:

jet (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An airplane powered by one or more jet engines

Synonyms:

jet; jet-propelled plane; jet plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jet" is a kind of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Meronyms (parts of "jet"):

jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jet"):

fan-jet; fanjet; turbofan; turbojet (an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine)

jetliner (a large jet plane that carries passengers)

jumbo jet; jumbojet (a very large jet plane)

twinjet (a jet plane propelled by two jet engines)

Derivation:

jet (fly a jet plane)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Street names for ketamine

Synonyms:

cat valium; green; honey oil; jet; K; special K; super acid; super C

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jet" is a kind of...):

Ketalar; ketamine; ketamine hydrochloride (a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

Synonyms:

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("jet" is a kind of...):

discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jet"):

spray (a jet of vapor)

spritz (a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water))

Derivation:

jet (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

Synonyms:

blue jet; jet; reverse lightning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("jet" is a kind of...):

atmospheric electricity (electrical discharges in the atmosphere)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("jet" is a kind of...):

brown coal; lignite; wood coal (intermediate between peat and bituminous coal)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Synonyms:

coal-black; jet; jet-black; pitchy; sooty

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

Example:

flames were jetting out of the building

Synonyms:

gush; jet

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "jet" is one way to...):

course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

jet (an artificially produced flow of water)

jet (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fly a jet plane

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jet" is one way to...):

aviate; fly; pilot (operate an airplane)

Domain category:

air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

jet (an airplane powered by one or more jet engines)

Credits

 Context examples: 

These cavities are carved out when jets from the supermassive black hole generate shock waves that push the gas outward and create huge holes.

(Chandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptions, NASA)

Her jacket was black, with black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is a mystery how bands like these are confined to such narrow widths, because Uranus and Neptune have very broad westward-blowing wind jets.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)

The device is believed to be the first demonstration of aerosol jet 3D printing to produce an implantable, stretchable sensing system for wireless monitoring.

(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)

Researchers were able to discern an equatorial jet “with dramatically variable wind speeds,” that push “vast amounts of cloud across the planet.”

(Exoplanet Could Have Clouds of Rubies, Sapphires, VOA)

I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Franky Zapata also invented the original Flyboard, which is propelled by jets of water drawn up by a hose, unlike the Flyboard Air, which uses jets of air.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

These factors cause the jets to radiate brightly, and they can be seen in close-up studies of the region.

(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)

Them feet-folks from York and Leeds that be always eatin' cured herrin's an' drinkin' tea an' lookin' out to buy cheap jet would creed aught.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They are in turn thought to be driven by the presence of supermassive black holes, which drag surrounding material inwards and spit out bright jets and radiation as they do so.

(Hubble's Megamaser Galaxy, ESA/NASA)