a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
2.
a deep black.
3.
Obsolete. black marble.
–adjective
4.
consisting or made of jet.
5.
of the color jet; black as jet.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME jet, get < OF jaiet ≪ L gagātés < Gk (líthos) gagtés Gagatic (stone), named after Gágai, town in Lycia; cf. obs. gagate, ME, OE gagātes < L, as above]
A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.
An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.
Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: "such myriad and such vivid jets of images"(Henry Roth).
A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.
A jet engine.
A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.
A jet engine.
v.
jet·ted, jet·ting, jets
v.
intr.
To travel by jet aircraft: jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.
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.]
1420, "to prance, strut, swagger," from M.Fr. jeter "to throw, thrust," from L.L. jectare, abstracted from dejectare, projectare, etc., in place of L. jactare "toss about," freq. of jacere "to throw, cast," from PIE base *ye- "to do" (cf. Gk. iemi, ienai "to send, throw;" Hitt. ijami "I make"). Meaning "to sprout or spurt forth" is from 1692. The noun sense of "stream of water" is from 1696; that of "spout or nozzle for emitting water, gas, fuel, etc." is from 1825. Hence jet propulsion (1867) and the noun meaning "airplane driven by jet propulsion" (1944, from jet engine, 1943). The first one to be in service was the Ger. Messerschmitt Me 262. Jet stream is from 1947. Jet set first attested 1951, slightly before jet commuter plane flights began.
"deep black lignite," 1351, from Anglo-Fr. geet, corresponding to O.Fr. jaiet (12c.), from L. gagates, from Gk. gagates lithos "stone of Gages," town and river in Lycia. As "a deep black color," attested from c.1450.
(of) a hard black mineral substance, used for ornaments etc Example: The beads are made of jet; a jet brooch
Arabic:
نوع من الفَحْم شَديد السَّواد
Chinese (Simplified):
黑玉；黑色大理石制的
Chinese (Traditional):
黑玉；黑色大理石制的
Czech:
gagát; gagátový
Danish:
gagat
Dutch:
git
Estonian:
pigisüsi
Finnish:
gagaatti
French:
(de) jais
German:
der Gagat; Gagat-…
Greek:
γαγάτης (ορυκτό)
Hungarian:
szurokszén; gagát
Icelandic:
svartaraf
Indonesian:
batu hitam
Japanese:
黒玉
Korean:
흑옥; 흑옥(색)의
Latvian:
ahāts; ahāta-
Lithuanian:
gagatas
Norwegian:
jett
Polish:
gagat
Portuguese (Brazil):
azeviche
Portuguese (Portugal):
azeviche
Romanian:
(de) lignit
Russian:
гагат
Slovak:
čierny jantár; z čierneho jantáru
Slovenian:
gagat
Spanish:
azabache
Swedish:
kolsvart
Turkish:
kara kehribar, siyah amber
jet1[dʒet]noun
a sudden, strong stream or flow (of liquid, gas, flame or steam), forced through a narrow opening Example: Firemen have to be trained to direct the jets from their hoses accurately.
Arabic:
تَيار هواء أو غاز
Chinese (Simplified):
喷射
Chinese (Traditional):
噴射
Czech:
proud
Danish:
-stråle; stråle
Dutch:
straal
Estonian:
juga
Finnish:
suihku
French:
jet
German:
der Strahl
Greek:
πίδακας
Hungarian:
(víz-, gáz-, gőz)sugár
Icelandic:
buna
Indonesian:
semburan
Japanese:
噴射
Korean:
분출
Latvian:
strūkla
Lithuanian:
srovė, čiurkšlė
Norwegian:
sprut, stråle; bluss
Polish:
strumień
Portuguese (Brazil):
jato
Portuguese (Portugal):
jacto
Romanian:
jet
Russian:
струя
Slovak:
prúd
Slovenian:
curek
Spanish:
chorro
Swedish:
stråle, ström, låga
Turkish:
fışkırma
jet2[dʒet]noun
a narrow opening in an apparatus through which a jet comes Example: This gas jet is blocked.
Arabic:
فَتْحَةٌ يَخْرُج منها الهواء النفّاث
Chinese (Simplified):
喷嘴
Chinese (Traditional):
噴嘴
Czech:
tryska
Danish:
strålehoved
Dutch:
straalpijp, gaspit
Estonian:
(purske)ava
Finnish:
suutin
French:
gicleur
German:
die Düse
Greek:
στενό άνοιγμα σωλήνα, ακροφύσιο
Hungarian:
fúvóka
Icelandic:
þrÿstistútur
Indonesian:
penyembur
Japanese:
ふき出し口
Korean:
분출구
Latvian:
sprausla
Lithuanian:
žikleris
Norwegian:
strålerør, *-spiss
Polish:
dysza
Portuguese (Brazil):
esguicho
Portuguese (Portugal):
saída
Romanian:
jgheab
Russian:
сопло, форсунка
Slovak:
otvor (potrubia)
Slovenian:
ustnik cevi
Spanish:
boquilla
Swedish:
pip, rör, munstycke
Turkish:
püskürtme memesi
jet3[dʒet]noun
an aeroplane driven by jet propulsion Example: We flew by jet to America.
Jet, OK (town, FIPS 38000) Location: 36.66676 N, 98.18071 W Population (1990): 272 (164 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73749
Ab"ject\, a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. --Milton. 2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." --Addison. "An abject liar." --Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak. Syn: Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.
Ad*ject"\, v. t. [L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + jac[e^]re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To add or annex; to join. --Leland.
Con*jec"ture\ (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton.
De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. --Udall. Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. --Fuller. 2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
E*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. "Eyes ejecting flame." --H. Brooke. 2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate. Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.
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tés Gagatic (stone), named after Gágai, town in Lycia; cf. obs. gagate, ME, OE gagātes < L, as above
