Jumbo-Jet
41Jumbo — Der Begriff Jumbo bezeichnet: Jumbo (Elefant), einen Elefanten (ca. 1860–1885) eine Dampflok der Baureihe 44 einen sechsachsigen Niederflurgelenkwagen B Jumbo der BLS AG den Stahlcontainer, innerhalb dessen am 16. Juli 1945 in New Mexico, USA,… …
42Jumbo (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. En anglais, jumbo désigne un objet ou une personne de grande taille. Jumbo est un éléphant célèbre du XIXe siècle. Jumbo est une entreprise suisse de …
43jumbo — /ˈdʒʌmboʊ / (say jumboh) noun (plural jumbos) 1. Colloquial an elephant. 2. Mining a drill carriage on which several drills for horizontal drilling are placed. 3. Mining a mobile scaffold to assist drilling in large headings. 4. Mining a drilling …
44jet — 1. jet [ ʒɛ ] n. m. • XIIe; de jeter I ♦ 1 ♦ Action de jeter; mouvement d une chose lancée parcourant une certaine trajectoire. ⇒ 2. lancer. Jets de pierres. Armes de jet : traits, ou armes permettant de lancer des traits. Mar. Jet à la mer :… …
45Jet aircraft — A jet aircraft is an aircraft propelled by jet engines. Jet aircraft fly much faster than propeller powered aircraft and at higher altitudes as high as 10,000 to 15,000 meters, about 33,000 to convert|49000|ft|m| 2. At these altitudes, jet… …
46jet plane — noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑jet, ↑jet propelled plane • Derivationally related forms: ↑jet (for: ↑jet) • Hypernyms …
47jet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stream, spurt, gush, shoot, spout, pour, rush, squirt. n. stream, fountain; outgush, spurt; jet plane (see aviation). See water. adj. black, pitch[y], ebon[y]. See color. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …
48jumbo — /jum boh/, n., pl. jumbos, adj. Informal. n. 1. a very large person, animal, or thing. 2. See jumbo jet. 3. U.S. Naut. a. a forestaysail having a boom (jumbo boom) along its foot, used esp. on schooners. b. a sail used in place of a course on a… …
49jumbo — The colloquial word for anything unusually large, such as a jumbo jet or jumbo crossword, derives from Jumbo, the large elephant exhibited by the American showman P. T. Barnum in the 1880s. Its own name is said to derive from Swahili jumbe,… …
50jet — jet1 [dʒet] n [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: JET2] [Sense: 3; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor where it was found] 1.) a fast plane with a jet engine …
