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jet stream

jet stream noun: any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction.

Noun

jet stream (plural jet streams)

  1. Any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction.
  2. Synonym of contrail; a flow of exhaust gasses from a jet engine.
    Synonyms:
    contrail
  3. The high-speed, continuous spray of waste fluid (urine) emitted from the back ends of adult cicadas; rather than the small, individual droplets produced by most other insects.
    • Cicadas Aren’t Just Noisy – They Also Pee In Jet Streams Like Elephants2024 March 16, Holly Large, “Cicadas Aren’t Just Noisy – They Also Pee In Jet Streams Like Elephants”, in IFL Science
    • [...] cicadas eliminate waste in the form of urine, and with more force than their size would suggest. Scientists recently revealed the insects hold the record for “strongest urine jet stream” of any studied animal relative to its size.2024 March 19, Marisa Rodriguez, “Beware: Cicadas could pee on you when they surface this spring”, in WGN9, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2024

jet stream meaning in Urdu and Sinhala

jet stream in Urdu

جٹ دھارا

jet stream in Sinhala

ජෙට් ස්ට්‍රීම්

Examples of jet stream in a sentence

  • Scientists who study such things have found that cicadas urinate in a jet stream because they consume an incredible volume of fluid.2024 May 14, Jimmy Robinson, “Cicadas pee at 10 feet per second: Get ready for 'cicada rain'”, in WLTX:
  • Researchers say cicadas are the only insects known to pee in a jet stream.2024 May 17, Martha Quillin, “Oh yuck! Those loud cicadas also pee like pressure washers, say researchers”, in The News & Observer:

Synonyms of jet stream

Forms of jet stream

pluraljet streams
alternative formjetstream

Questions about jet stream

What does jet stream mean?
Jet stream means any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction.
What is jet stream in Urdu?
Jet stream in Urdu is جٹ دھارا. See Jet stream meaning in Urdu.
How do you use jet stream in a sentence?
Scientists who study such things have found that cicadas urinate in a jet stream because they consume an incredible volume of fluid.
What part of speech is jet stream?
Jet stream is a noun.
What is the plural of jet stream?
The plural of jet stream is jet streams.

Words near jet stream in the dictionary

  1. jet siphons
  2. jet ski
  3. jet skis
  4. Jet Star
  5. Jet Stars
  6. jet stream
  7. jet streams
  8. jet sweep
  9. jet sweeps
  10. jet syndrome
  11. jet-black

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jet stream (page history and authors); jet stream (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jet stream (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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