JET STREAM

Meaning of JET STREAM in English

Function: noun

Date: 1947

: a long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly direction and often exceeding a speed of 250 miles (402 kilometers) per hour

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JET STREAM — noun Date: 1947 a long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly direction …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JET STREAM — Any of several long, narrow, high-speed air currents that flow eastward in a generally horizontal zone in the stratosphere or …
Английский словарь Британика
JET STREAM — noun : a long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly direction and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JET STREAM — 1. strong, generally westerly winds concentrated in a relatively narrow and shallow stream in the upper troposphere of the earth. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JET STREAM — mixture of gases which are expelled from a jet engine with great force and which propel the aircraft forward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JET STREAM — Date: 1947 : a long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly direction …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JET STREAM — ■ noun 1》 any of several narrow variable bands of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JET STREAM — [jet stream] n (1947): a long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JET STREAM — any of several long, narrow high-speed air currents that flow eastward in a generally horizontal zone in the stratosphere or …
Britannica English vocabulary
JET STREAM — noun 1. (usually the jet stream ) [ sing. ] a strong wind that blows high above the earth and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JET STREAM — ˈjet stream BrE AmE noun [singular] a current of very strong winds high above the Earth’s surface
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JET STREAM — ( jet streams) The jet stream is a very strong wind that blows high in the earth’s atmosphere and has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JET STREAM — (~s) The ~ is a very strong wind that blows high in the earth’s atmosphere and has an important influence …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
JET STREAM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ El Nino also diverts the paths of the jet stream and storms. ▪ Recently the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JET STREAM — Any of several long, narrow, high-speed air currents that flow eastward in a generally horizontal zone in the stratosphere or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JET STREAM — A high-speed, meandering wind current, generally moving from a westerly direction at speeds often exceeding 400 kilometers (250 miles) per …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
JET STREAM — A narrow band of high velocity wind in the upper troposphere or in the stratosphere.
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
JET STREAM — An area of strong winds that are concentrated in a relatively narrow band in the upper troposphere of the middle …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
JET STREAM — Relatively strong winds concentrated in a narrow stream in the atmosphere, normally referring to horizontal, high-altitude winds. The position and …
A Comprehensive English Glossary Of Weather
JET STREAM — 1. реактивная струя 2. струйное течение струйное течение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JET-STREAM — струйно-реактивный - jet-stream core
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JET STREAM — Высотное струйное течение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
JET STREAM — 1) реактивная струя 2) струйное течение
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
JET STREAM — 1) реактивная струя 2) струйное течение
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
JET-STREAM — струйно-реактивный - jet-stream core
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
JET STREAM — реактивная струя, струйное течение
Англо-Русский физический словарь
JET STREAM — кумулятивная струя
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
JET STREAM — струйное течение
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
JET STREAM — струйное течение
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
JET STREAM — реактивная струя
Англо-Русский автомобильный словарь
JET-STREAM — струйно-реактивный - jet-stream core
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
JET STREAM — 1. реактивная струя 2. струйное течение струйное течение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STREAM — I. ˈstrēm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English strem, streme, from Old English strēam; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STREAM — — streamless , adj. — streamlike , adj. /streem/ , n. 1. a body of water flowing in a channel …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JET
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STREAM — I. ˈstrēm noun Etymology: Middle English streme, from Old English strēam; akin to Old High German stroum stream, Greek rhein …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JET — I. ˈjet noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatēs, from Gagas, town and river …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STREAM — noun a beam or ray of light. 2. stream ·vt to unfurl. 3. stream ·vi to pour out, or emit, …
Webster English vocab
JET
Webster English vocab
STREAM — [stream] n [ME streme, fr. OE stream; akin to OHG stroum stream, Gk rhein to flow] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JET — [jet] n [ME, fr. MF jaiet, fr. L gagates, fr. Gk gagates, fr. Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JET — jet BrE AmE dʒet ▷ jets dʒets ▷ jetted ˈdʒet ɪd -əd AmE ˈdʒet̬ əd ▷ jetting ˈdʒet ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STREAM — / striːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small narrow river : mountain streams —see also downstream …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JET — / dʒet; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a plane driven by jet engines : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREAM — I. stream 1 W3 /striːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . SMALL RIVER a natural …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JET — I. jet 1 /dʒet/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-2: Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ jet 2 ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STREAM — n. & v. --n. 1 a flowing body of water, esp. a small river. 2 a the flow of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JET — n. & v. --n. 1 a stream of water, steam, gas, flame, etc. shot out esp. from a small opening. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STREAM — n. & v. n. 1 a flowing body of water, esp. a small river. 2 a the flow of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JET — n. & v. n. 1 a stream of water, steam, gas, flame, etc. shot out esp. from a small opening. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STREAM — n. & v. --n. 1. a flowing body of water, esp. a small river. 2 a the flow of a …
Oxford English vocab
JET — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a stream of water, steam, gas, flame, etc. shot out esp. from a small …
Oxford English vocab
STREAM — ( streams, streaming, streamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A stream …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JET — ( jets, jetting, jetted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A jet …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flood/stream of inquiries ▪ The special offer has produced a flood of inquiries …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JET
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JET
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STREAM — I. noun 1 small river ADJECTIVE ▪ little , small ▪ shallow ▪ clear ▪ fast-flowing , rushing ▪ bubbling …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
JET — noun 1 plane with a jet engine ADJECTIVE ▪ jumbo ▪ supersonic ▪ regional ( esp. AmE ) ▪ commercial …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
JET — n. 25B6; noun a jet of water : STREAM, spurt, squirt, spray, spout; gush, rush, surge, burst. carburettor jets : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STREAM — 1. сущ. 1) поток, река, ручей; струя, течение to ford a stream ≈ переходить ручей вброд mountain stream ≈ горный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JET — I сущ. 1) минер. гагат, черный янтарь 2) темно (насыщенно)-черный цвет II 1. сущ. 1) а) сильная струя (воды, газа …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STREAM — stream.ogg 1. stri:m n 1. 1> речка; ручей, ручеёк 2> воен. водная преграда stream crossing - переправа; преодоление водных преград …
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