jet
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9.9
- noun
- /dʒɛt/
- Specialized
- After the storm passed, many reported seeing a stunning blue jet that shot upward from the thunderclouds.
Examples
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A similar downward jet formed from cold plumes occurs on the left-hand wall.
Academic text (2001) -
We recorded the complex structure of dust jets that erupted frequently, changing the comet's appearance from one night to the next.
Academic text (1994) -
With no Southern mountain range to block the flow, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico moves northward under the dry, cool fast moving winds of the jet stream.
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Superluminal motion in M87's jet is further evidence for the existence of a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core.
Academic text (1994) -
This was a fast-moving little system coming out of the jet stream, down from Canada, colliding with the warm, southerly flow we've been experiencing.
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During the thunderstorm, a bright blue jet erupted from the cloud, illuminating the dark sky.
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The scientists observed an unusual jet forming at the top of the colossal storm clouds during their research.
Synonyms
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9.9
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
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5.2
A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark
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6.2
A faint light that appears when electricity passes through air, like on antennas or wires
A rare electric flash that travels upward from storm clouds
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.0
A force that moves something forward by forcing out a fast stream of air or water
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2.8
A machine that prints words and pictures by spraying tiny drops of ink onto paper
- Specialized
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9.9
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- Specialized
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4.4
A device that sends gas through a small opening to make a steady flame for heat or light
- Specialized
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6.4
An engine with a large fan that pushes extra air to make the plane go faster
- Archaic
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4.2
A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper
- Specialized
A pump that uses a fast jet of water or steam to pull in and move another liquid
A lifestyle of frequent travel to fashionable foreign places, often with luxury
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jet (upper-atmospheric burst) is named because the blue flash looks like a narrow 'jet' of light shooting up from a storm cloud, using the same idea of a powerful, focused stream.