jets

Noun

jet (plural jets)

1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
   • In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
2. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
3. A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
   • One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.2018 November 29, Brad Lendon and Zachary Cohen, “Japan preparing to put US-designed stealth jets on an ‘aircraft carrier’”, in CNN
4. A turbine.
5. A rocket engine.
6. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.

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