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jetting
jet 1 J0035000 (jĕt) n. 1. A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry. 2. A deep black. adj. 1. Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal. 2. Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.
[Middle English get, jet, from Anglo-Norman geet, jeet, from Latin gagātēs, from Greek, lignite, jet, after Gagai, a town of Lycia (near present-day Kumluca, Turkey), where pieces of lignite could be found washed out at the mouth of the local river.]
jet 2 J0035000 (jĕt)n.1. a. A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.b. An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.c. Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: "such myriad and such vivid jets of images" (Henry Roth).2. a. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.b. A jet engine.v. jet·ted, jet·ting, jets v.intr.1. To travel by jet aircraft: jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.2. To move very quickly.v.tr. To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure: "Any man might ... hang around ... jetting tobacco juice" (Ross Lockridge, Jr.).
[French, from Old French, from jeter, to spout forth, throw, from Vulgar Latin *iectāre, alteration of Latin iactāre, frequentative of iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | jetting - propelled violently in a usually narrow streamspouting, spurting, squirtingrunning - (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" |
IdiomsSeejetjetting
jetting[′jed·iŋ] (civil engineering) A method of driving piles or well points into sand by using a jet of water to break the soil. (engineering) During molding of plastics, the turbulent flow of molten resin from an undersized gate or thin section into a thicker mold section, as opposed to laminar, progressive flow. jetting1. The sinking of piles or well points by the use of a water jet, e.g., through a hole in a cast concrete pole or by inserting a pile in a hole produced by jetting; esp. used where pile driving may damage neighboring buildings. 2. The compacting of backfill around a pipe by introducing water under pressure in the trench in which the pipe is laid.jetting
Synonyms for jettingadj propelled violently in a usually narrow streamSynonyms- spouting
- spurting
- squirting
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