Jet (fluid)
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- See also: jet (nozzle)
A jet is a coherent stream of fluid that is projected into a surrounding medium, usually from some kind of a nozzle or aperture. Jets can travel long distances with dissipating. In the Earths atmosphere there exist jet streams that travels thousands of miles.
Some animals, notably cephalopods use a jet to propel themselves in water. Similarly, a jet engine as it name suggests, emits a jet used to propel rockets, aircraft, Jetboats, and submarines.
[edit] See also
- jet stream - a high level wind in the Earth's atmosphere
- jet engine - any machine propelled by a jet
- nozzle - how a jet is formed
- jet damping - a jet carries away angular momentum from a device emitting it
