jet

Definitions

• A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
• A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
• (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
• An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
• A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
• (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
• (dated) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
• (printing) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.