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jet age

jet age is the alternative letter-case form of Jet Age.

Proper noun capitalized: Jet Age

Jet Age

  1. (historical) A period in history defined by the advent of aircraft powered by turbine engines, and by the social change this brought about.
    • Science Evolving Jet-Age Materials [title]1947 September 3, “Science Evolving Jet-Age Materials”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • American commercial aviation stands at the threshold of the jet age. That it will make the transition is now a settled issue, and the one remaining question is when.1953 October 11, Bliss K. Thorne, “Faster Air Travel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of jet age

alternative formjet age

Origin of jet age

Coined in the late 1940s.

Questions about jet age

What does jet age mean?
Jet age means a period in history defined by the advent of aircraft powered by turbine engines, and by the social change this brought about.
What is jet age the alternative letter-case form of?
Jet age is the alternative letter-case form of Jet Age.
What part of speech is jet age?
Jet age is a proper noun.

Words near jet age in the dictionary

  1. Jesyca
  2. Jesyka
  3. jet
  4. jet ace
  5. jet aces
  6. jet age
  7. jet ant
  8. jet ants
  9. jet bead
  10. jet beads
  11. jet belt

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