water jetn.
/ˈwɔːtə ˌdʒɛt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌdʒɛt/, /ˈwɑdər ˌdʒɛt/ 1. A stream of water discharged into the air, typically issuing from a small aperture under pressure; a fountain.The precise nature of the water jet in quot. 1727 is uncertain. The occurrence is described as ‘a Spouting of Water from a Swamp or Bog’, but may have been a waterspout (waterspout n. 3b).
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the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > jet or spout
waterspout1607
jettoa1660
girandolac1660
jet d'eau1669
gerbe1699
jetteau1710
grille1712
spirt1716
water jet1727
spurt1775
girandole1813
spring1818
water-bow1855
sea-spout1867
1727 Weekly Misc. 1 Aug. The Eruption of the Red Bog in Ireland, the Hurricane and Water-Jets near Market-Durham in Norfolk, and the late Earthquake, seem to proceed from Causes of the same Nature.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 298 The Temple of Apollo, as another chamber is designated, contains a water-jet.
1853 Godey's Lady's Bk. Oct. 299/1 Different funnels and nozzles are used, to give variety to the form of the water jet.
1894 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. 1 Jan. 32 Although the water-jet leaves the orifice of the tube in a smooth, unbroken column, it very soon breaks up into a glittering stream.
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Feb. 400/2 The dining room at the Grand Hotel at Territet is cooled in summer by a revolving water-jet on the roof.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Aug. d5/3 The outdoor pool..will have fiber-optically lighted and computer synchronized water jets.
2. A stream of water directed from a nozzle under high pressure and used for propulsion, cleaning, etc.; spec. such a stream (sometimes combined with an abrasive) used at very high pressure as a cutting tool.Recorded earliest in water-jet propeller n. at Compounds.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > propeller > driven by water
water jet1843
water-jet propeller1843
1843 Artizan Sept. 220/1 Water-jet Propellers. A curious mode of propelling steam ships has been invented by Mr. Ruthven,..who proposes to give a better direction to the propelling power by forcing jets of water through nozzles placed below the water-line.
1848 Mechanics' Mag. 15 Apr. 363/1 Propulsion by the water-jet has been patented, and practically tried to a very recent period.
1863 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 219 Macadamized streets, or those paved with cobble-stone..which will not admit the action of a strong water jet..may be most economically cleaned by street-sweeping or dirt carts.
1885 Engin. News-Record 14 42 This is achieved..by cutting up the material by a water-jet and removing it.
1927 Power Plant Engin. 15 July 715/1 The water jets..are directed into the throat of the combining tube, where they unite to form a single jet.
1939 N. H. Darton Gravel & Sand Deposits Eastern Maryland 18 Much of the excavating is done by a ‘little giant’ water jet which softens and undermines the gravel and washes away clay and dirt.
1987 B. Leatham-Jones Elements Industr. Robotics i. 16 A more common technique finding increasing application is water jet cutting.
2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 19 June d1/2 Shooting a highly focused stream of water containing abrasive material, a waterjet takes only a matter of minutes to cut through thin aluminum and steel, plastic, glass..and more.
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water-jet propeller n. a mechanism by which a jet of water is ejected backwards from a boat or ship as a means of propulsion.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > propeller > driven by water
water jet1843
water-jet propeller1843
1843Water-jet Propellers [see sense 2].
1908 Nature 29 Oct. 660/1 The characteristics and relative efficiencies of water-jet propellers, paddle wheels, and screw propellers are discussed.
2013 UPI Newswire (Nexis) 20 Sept. Speed of the 76-foot craft is more than 20 knots through two MAN 809 kW diesel engines using waterjet propellers.
water-jet propulsion n. propulsion of a ship or boat by water ejected backwards under pressure.
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1928 Pop. Sci. Oct. 70 (caption) Virgil C. Anderson explains the mechanism of an 18-foot model of the liner he proposes to send across the ocean by water jet propulsion.
1953 Pop. Mech. Apr. 123/1 Water squirted from a nozzle beneath the stern propels a boat fitted with a new water-jet propulsion unit.
2005 Yachting Sept. 132/2 Today's yacht may depend entirely on water-jet propulsion or it may use a conventional propeller drive with a jet providing an auxiliary power source for high-speed dash operation.
water-jet pump n. (a) a pump for producing a powerful jet of water; (b) a pump in which a jet of water exiting an internal nozzle creates a zone of low pressure in order to suck in and pump out another fluid.James Thomson's device (see quot. 1859) was described in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1852 (1853) Communications to Sections 130–1, but the term water-jet pump does not appear there.
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1855 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 8 213/2 An ingenious fire-engine, or water-jet pump, of three cylinders working in concert, has recently made its appearance in America.
1859 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Steam Engine ii. vii. 213 Contrivances depending on the same principle with this machine have long been known; but the water jet pump, in its present form, was invented by Professor James Thomson.
1892 Engin. Mech. 14 292/2 The eductor, or water jet pump..contains a nozzle for the delivery of the high pressure water.
2010 W. H. Hager Wastewater Hydraulics ii. 40 The water from the upstream branch is sucked in by the incoming lateral flow, similar to a water jet pump.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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