Jet
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JET, Jet or Jets all have a wide variety of meanings:
[edit] Scientific
- A jet is a stream of liquid or gas that can be mathematically characterized.
- In geology, jet (lignite) 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 physics, a jet is a cone of hadrons
- In nuclear physics, the Joint European Torus is an experimental Nuclear fusion reactor.
- In mathematics, a jet (mathematics), jet bundle or spray (mathematics)
- In software engineering, Microsoft Jet Database Engine is now deprecated; the "Jet" stands for Joint Engine Technology
- In software engineering, (JET) Java Emitter Templates 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
[edit] Water
[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 (band), a rock band from Melbourne, Australia
- Jet (Italian band), a rock band exists 1971 to 1974 from Genoa, northern Italy. later most of members founds Matia Bazar
- Jet (UK band), 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 (rock band), a 1970s rock band from Pekin, Illinois
[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
[edit] Culture
- Jet (slang)
- Jet, an African-American themed magazine
- Jet (brand), 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)
