Jet

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JET, Jet or Jets all have a wide variety of meanings:

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[edit] Science

  • A jet is a stream of liquid or gas that can be mathematically characterized by specific calculations.
  • In fluid or gas engineering contexts, a jet is a stream of material ejected from a nozzle, or a nozzle designed to produce such a stream.
  • In automotive terms, a jet is a tube, nozzle, or passageway through which petrol is metered within a carburetor.
  • In geology, jet (lignite) (or Whitby jet) is a mineraloid (mineral-like material).
  • In meteorology, a blue jet is a form of upper atmospheric lightning.
  • In meteorology, a jet is an electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
  • In astrophysics, a relativistic jet is a stream of fast-moving plasma emitted from an active galaxy. A similar phenomenon on a much smaller scale is a polar jet. These are emitted during star formation from either side of the accretion disk, along the two polar axes.
  • In nuclear and particle physics, a jet is a cone of hadrons
  • In nuclear physics, the Joint European Torus or JET is an experimental Nuclear fusion reactor.
  • In mathematics, a jet is an operation that produces an abstract polynomial
  • In mathematics, a jet bundle (or spray) is a manipulation of differential equations
  • In software engineering, Microsoft Jet Database Engine is now deprecated; the "Jet" stands for Joint Engine Technology
  • In software engineering, Java Emitter Templates (JET) is a Template engine that is part of the Eclipse EMF project.

[edit] Aerospace

  • Jet engine
  • Jet aircraft
  • Jet Airways, an airline based in India serving domestic and international routes
  • JetBlue Airways, an airline based on New York
  • Jetstar Airlines, an Australian airline servicing domestic and International routes

[edit] Water

  • Water jet

[edit] Music

  • Jet, a hit rock music single on the 1973 album Band on the Run by Wings
  • Jet-CD (also known as Jet), 1998's album by J-pop band, Puffy AmiYumi
  • Jet, a rock band from Melbourne, Australia
  • Jet, a rock band that existed from 1971 to 1974, from Genoa, northern Italy
  • Jet, a glam rock band from England that recorded one eponymous album in 1975
  • The Jets, a family band from Minneapolis, Minnesota that does pop, R&B, dance and religious music, and had several hit singles in the 1980s
  • The Jets, a 1970s rock band from Pekin, Illinois
  • Jet Records, a record label

[edit] Fiction

  • Jet, a character from Wildstorm/DC Comics, and the daughter of Backlash. Another character by the name of Jet, a female one, exists in DC comics, New Guardians.
  • Jet Black, a main character from the anime Cowboy Bebop.
  • Jet, a character from the Earth Kingdom forests in the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • The Jets, a gang in West Side Story which fought with the Sharks.
  • JET TV, a television station in the Jadeworld station group
  • Jet the Hawk, a video game character.
  • Jet, a widely used and very famous drug in the Fallout 2 universe.
  • Jet Fusion, a super spy who makes occasional appearances in the cartoon The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'

[edit] Sports

  • New York Jets, a professional American football team in the National Football League
  • Newcastle United Jets, a professional soccer team in the Australian A-League competition
  • Winnipeg Jets, a former professional hockey team in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League
  • Jet (Diane Youdale) was one of the stars of Gladiators
  • "Jet," or "Jet Terry," nickname of the popular Dallas Maverick and former University of Arizona point guard Jason Terry.
  • Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, A kickboxer, coreographer and actor (Benny Urquidez)

[edit] Culture

  • Jet (slang), to leave in a hurry
  • Jet, an African-American themed magazine
  • Jet, a filling station brand of ConocoPhillips
  • A ZX Spectrum clone from Romania.
  • JET, a 1985 flight simulator produced by subLOGIC
  • The JET Programme - The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (teaching English)

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