Jet
noun
A plane with a jet engine.
The jet took off from the airport.
noun
A narrow stream of liquid or gas that comes out with great force.
She cleaned the wound with a jet of water.
verb
To travel or send something by jet aircraft.
They jetted off to Paris for the weekend.
noun
A type of black coal that can be polished and used for jewelry.
She wore a necklace made of jet.
noun
A device that releases jet for control or propulsion.
The spacecraft is equipped with multiple jet thrusters.
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Technical
adjective
A deep black color.
She has jet black hair.
Often appears as...
- jet black hair
- jet black eyes
noun
A plane with a jet engine.
The jet took off from the airport.
noun
A narrow stream of liquid or gas that comes out with great force.
She cleaned the wound with a jet of water.
verb
To travel or send something by jet aircraft.
They jetted off to Paris for the weekend.
noun
A type of black coal that can be polished and used for jewelry.
She wore a necklace made of jet.
noun
A device that releases jet for control or propulsion.
The spacecraft is equipped with multiple jet thrusters.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
A deep black color.
She has jet black hair.
Often appears as...
- jet black hair
- jet black eyes
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Pro Tip 1/2Commercial Flights
The term often refers to commercial airliners that carry passengers.
I'm flying on a jet to New York tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/2Speed Implication
Using 'jet' can imply faster travel compared to other planes.
We'll reach faster because we're taking a jet.
Pro Tip 1/2Commercial Flights
The term often refers to commercial airliners that carry passengers.
I'm flying on a jet to New York tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/2Speed Implication
Using 'jet' can imply faster travel compared to other planes.
We'll reach faster because we're taking a jet.
Pro Tip 1/2Commercial Flights
The term often refers to commercial airliners that carry passengers.
I'm flying on a jet to New York tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/2Speed Implication
Using 'jet' can imply faster travel compared to other planes.
We'll reach faster because we're taking a jet.
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Predictions of tech's...
nobody had a computer nobody knew we were talking about finally went to jet propulsion laboratory and they said that they could do two minutes of film for us for a million dollars and it would take nine months we explained that the whole movie was going to cost a million dollars and we had only nine months to make it
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Why the Arctic is...
may lead to slower jet stream winds and less linear atmospheric circulation in the middle latitudes, where most of the world's population lives. Many scientists are concerned that shifts in weather patterns will last longer and be more extreme, with short term fluctuations becoming persistent cold snaps,
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Can Octopuses Recognise...
you know you're trying to pull away with this octopus stuck to your arm and she's jetting water in your face and it's you know she's trying to get attention and she doesn't want us to leave the room there have now been several studies that have looked for signs of personality in
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Water Discovered In...
close flyby because if we hadn't seen anything, no one would ever have believed anything I said again. So, but what we found was spectacular. This image made me nearly fall off my chair, because here we see dozens of jets, big and small, coming off the south polar region.
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If superpowers were...
From bicycles to jet packs, from looking up at the stars to entering outer space in the shuttle, our capacity to acquire knowledge and imagination to achieve impossible goals appears to be limitless. Exciting developments in the worlds of both humans and superheroes
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Baby Octopuses Hunting PIPE...
cephalopod's life we're you know watching the mother until she starts going through her egg laying phase and once she starts laying her eggs she'll sit there and pulse jets of water over her eggs what that does is basically keep them oxygenated and
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
I'm not against progress. I want the driverless car and the jet pack just like everyone else. But I'm pleading for recognition that with increased wealth and profits has to come greater corporate social responsibility.
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Jedidah Isler: How I...
These two characteristics, with a few others, make them quasars. At the same time, the objects I study are producing some of the most powerful particle streams ever observed. These narrow streams, called jets,
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Exploring Saturn's Moons...
coming from these fractures. Nothing now is more important than Enceladus. We wanted to go back again and again to learn more and even fly through and taste what was coming out of those jets.
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The Dangers of Being a...
The poison jets from hypodermic fangs. The lions are lucky, one drop in the eye would blind them for life.
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Predictions of tech's...
nobody had a computer nobody knew we were talking about finally went to jet propulsion laboratory and they said that they could do two minutes of film for us for a million dollars and it would take nine months we explained that the whole movie was going to cost a million dollars and we had only nine months to make it
Video examples
Why the Arctic is...
may lead to slower jet stream winds and less linear atmospheric circulation in the middle latitudes, where most of the world's population lives. Many scientists are concerned that shifts in weather patterns will last longer and be more extreme, with short term fluctuations becoming persistent cold snaps,
Video examples
Can Octopuses Recognise...
you know you're trying to pull away with this octopus stuck to your arm and she's jetting water in your face and it's you know she's trying to get attention and she doesn't want us to leave the room there have now been several studies that have looked for signs of personality in
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Water Discovered In...
close flyby because if we hadn't seen anything, no one would ever have believed anything I said again. So, but what we found was spectacular. This image made me nearly fall off my chair, because here we see dozens of jets, big and small, coming off the south polar region.
Video examples
If superpowers were...
From bicycles to jet packs, from looking up at the stars to entering outer space in the shuttle, our capacity to acquire knowledge and imagination to achieve impossible goals appears to be limitless. Exciting developments in the worlds of both humans and superheroes
Video examples
Baby Octopuses Hunting PIPE...
cephalopod's life we're you know watching the mother until she starts going through her egg laying phase and once she starts laying her eggs she'll sit there and pulse jets of water over her eggs what that does is basically keep them oxygenated and
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
I'm not against progress. I want the driverless car and the jet pack just like everyone else. But I'm pleading for recognition that with increased wealth and profits has to come greater corporate social responsibility.
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
These two characteristics, with a few others, make them quasars. At the same time, the objects I study are producing some of the most powerful particle streams ever observed. These narrow streams, called jets,
Video examples
Exploring Saturn's Moons...
coming from these fractures. Nothing now is more important than Enceladus. We wanted to go back again and again to learn more and even fly through and taste what was coming out of those jets.
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The Dangers of Being a...
The poison jets from hypodermic fangs. The lions are lucky, one drop in the eye would blind them for life.
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Elizabeth Banks
American Actress
When you have one kid, you feel like you can jet set around, and you can throw him on the hip, and you get your life done. You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious - I am responsible for two people now.
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Ginevra Elkann
Italian Producer
My mother was very good about giving us a life that was, let's say, as normal as it could be, not a crazy jetting life at all. That's been helpful. It's given me the drive to be someone in the world rather than just sitting around.
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Loretta Swit
American Actress
I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage.
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years.
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Octavia Spencer
American Actress
I have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good.
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Brittney Griner
American Basketball Player
On an off-day I'd rather not watch SportsCenter or basketball. I'd rather go longboard, jet ski, do something extreme-sport-wise, watch racin'.
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Lucretius
Roman Poet
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Damian Lewis
English Actor
Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries.
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Michael Fish
English Celebrity
The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems.
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Jared Isaacman
American Businessman
We own the world's largest private air force; it's 80 fighter jets.
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Elizabeth Banks
American Actress
When you have one kid, you feel like you can jet set around, and you can throw him on the hip, and you get your life done. You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious - I am responsible for two people now.
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Ginevra Elkann
Italian Producer
My mother was very good about giving us a life that was, let's say, as normal as it could be, not a crazy jetting life at all. That's been helpful. It's given me the drive to be someone in the world rather than just sitting around.
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Loretta Swit
American Actress
I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage.
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years.
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Octavia Spencer
American Actress
I have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good.
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Brittney Griner
American Basketball Player
On an off-day I'd rather not watch SportsCenter or basketball. I'd rather go longboard, jet ski, do something extreme-sport-wise, watch racin'.
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Lucretius
Roman Poet
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Damian Lewis
English Actor
Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries.
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Michael Fish
English Celebrity
The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems.
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Jared Isaacman
American Businessman
We own the world's largest private air force; it's 80 fighter jets.
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