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jet·ti·son J0036900 (jĕt′ĭ-sən, -zən)tr.v. jet·ti·soned, jet·ti·son·ing, jet·ti·sons 1. To cast overboard or off: a ship jettisoning wastes; a pilot jettisoning aircraft fuel.2. Informal To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome: jettisoned the whole marketing plan.n.1. The act of discarding or casting overboard.2. Jetsam.
[From Middle English jetteson, a throwing overboard of goods to lighten ship, from Anglo-Norman getteson, from Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, iectātiōn-, from *iectātus, past participle of *iectāre, to throw; see jet2.]jettison (ˈdʒɛtɪsən; -zən) vb (tr) , -sons, -soning or -soned1. to throw away; abandon: to jettison old clothes. 2. (Nautical Terms) to throw overboardn (Nautical Terms) another word for jetsam1[C15: from Old French getaison, ultimately from Latin jactātiō a tossing about; see jactation]jet•ti•son (ˈdʒɛt ə sən, -zən)
v.t. 1. to cast (cargo, supplies, etc.) overboard or out so as to lighten or stabilize a vessel or aircraft in an emergency. 2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. n. 3. the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it. 4. jetsam. [1375–1425; late Middle English jetteson < Anglo-French; Old French getaison < Latin jactātiōnem, acc. of jactātiō; see jactation] jettisonThe selective release of stores from an aircraft other than normal attack.jettison
Past participle: jettisoned
Gerund: jettisoning
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| jettison | | jettison |
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| I jettison | | you jettison | | he/she/it jettisons | | we jettison | | you jettison | | they jettison |
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| I jettisoned | | you jettisoned | | he/she/it jettisoned | | we jettisoned | | you jettisoned | | they jettisoned |
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| I am jettisoning | | you are jettisoning | | he/she/it is jettisoning | | we are jettisoning | | you are jettisoning | | they are jettisoning |
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| I have jettisoned | | you have jettisoned | | he/she/it has jettisoned | | we have jettisoned | | you have jettisoned | | they have jettisoned |
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| I was jettisoning | | you were jettisoning | | he/she/it was jettisoning | | we were jettisoning | | you were jettisoning | | they were jettisoning |
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| I had jettisoned | | you had jettisoned | | he/she/it had jettisoned | | we had jettisoned | | you had jettisoned | | they had jettisoned |
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| I will jettison | | you will jettison | | he/she/it will jettison | | we will jettison | | you will jettison | | they will jettison |
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| I will have jettisoned | | you will have jettisoned | | he/she/it will have jettisoned | | we will have jettisoned | | you will have jettisoned | | they will have jettisoned |
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| I will be jettisoning | | you will be jettisoning | | he/she/it will be jettisoning | | we will be jettisoning | | you will be jettisoning | | they will be jettisoning |
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| I have been jettisoning | | you have been jettisoning | | he/she/it has been jettisoning | | we have been jettisoning | | you have been jettisoning | | they have been jettisoning |
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| I will have been jettisoning | | you will have been jettisoning | | he/she/it will have been jettisoning | | we will have been jettisoning | | you will have been jettisoning | | they will have been jettisoning |
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| I had been jettisoning | | you had been jettisoning | | he/she/it had been jettisoning | | we had been jettisoning | | you had been jettisoning | | they had been jettisoning |
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| I would jettison | | you would jettison | | he/she/it would jettison | | we would jettison | | you would jettison | | they would jettison |
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| I would have jettisoned | | you would have jettisoned | | he/she/it would have jettisoned | | we would have jettisoned | | you would have jettisoned | | they would have jettisoned |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | jettison - throw away, of something encumberingchuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | | 2. | jettison - throw as from an airplanethrow - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" |
jettisonverb1. abandon, reject, desert, dump, shed, scrap, throw out, discard, throw away, relinquish, forsake, slough off, throw on the scrapheap The government seems to have jettisoned the plan.2. expel, dump, unload, throw overboard, eject, heave The crew jettisoned excess fuel and made an emergency landing.jettisonverbInformal. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example:discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap, throw away, throw out.Informal: chuck, shuck (off).Slang: ditch.nounThe act of getting rid of something useless or used up:disposal, dumping, elimination, riddance.Translationsjettison (ˈdʒetisn) verb to throw (cargo etc) overboard to lighten a ship, aircraft etc in times of danger. When one of the engines failed, the aeroplane crew jettisoned the luggage. (在緊急情況下)丟棄(貨物等)以減輕載重 （在紧急情况下）投弃货物 jettison
jettison (jĕt`əsən, –zən) [O.Fr.,=throwing], in maritime law, casting all or part of a ship's cargo overboard to lighten the vessel or to meet some danger, such as fire. Such cargo, when found later, is known as jetsam (see flotsam, jetsam, and liganflotsam, jetsam, and ligan
[O.Fr.], in maritime law, goods lost at sea as distinguished from goods washed ashore (wreck). Goods that remain floating on the surface after a shipwreck or accident are called flotsam (or floatsam or flotsan), while jetsam refers to goods thrown
..... Click the link for more information. ). The master of the ship has the absolute right to jettison cargo when he reasonably believes it to be necessary, and the owners of the ship incur no liability. If the vessel carries goods of more than one shipper, the rule of general average provides for apportioning the loss among all the shippers because all have benefited by the master's action. On the other hand, if some cargo is lost by accident, the shippers who suffered no loss do not contribute to indemnification.jettison[′jed·ə·sən] (engineering) The throwing overboard of objects, especially to lighten a craft in distress. jettisoni. To cast or discard fuel or any external store from an aircraft in flight.
ii. The selective release of armament stores from an aircraft other than in a normal attack. This may be done to lighten the aircraft in an emergency or to get rid of a hung-up store.Jettison
JETTISON, or JETSAM. The casting out of a vessel, from necessity, a part of the lading; the thing cast out also bears the same name; it differs from flotsam in this, that in the latter the goods float, while in the former they sink, and remain under water; it differ; also from ligan. (q.v.)
2. The jettison must be made for sufficient cause, and not from groundless timidity. In must be made in a case of extremity, when the ship is in danger of perishing by the fury of a storm, or is laboring upon rocks or shallows, or is closely pursued by pirates or enemies.
3. If the residue of the cargo be saved by such sacrifice, the property saved is bound to pay a: proportion of, the loss. In ascertaining such average. loss, the goods lost and saved are both to be valued at the price they would have brought at the place of delivery, on the ship's arrival there, freight, duties and other charges being deducted. Marsh. Ins. 246; 3 Kent, Com. 185 to 187; Park. Ins., 123; Poth. Chartepartie, n. 108, et suiv; Boulay-Paty, Dr. Com. tit. 13; Pardessus, Dr. Com. n. 734; 1 Ware's R. 9. Jettison
JettisonTo throw property overboard from a ship, especially in an emergency. Under maritime law, property that has been jettisoned (called jetsam) becomes the property of whoever finds it.AcronymsSeeJTSNjettison
Synonyms for jettisonverb abandonSynonyms- abandon
- reject
- desert
- dump
- shed
- scrap
- throw out
- discard
- throw away
- relinquish
- forsake
- slough off
- throw on the scrapheap
verb expelSynonyms- expel
- dump
- unload
- throw overboard
- eject
- heave
Synonyms for jettisonverb to let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for exampleSynonyms- discard
- dispose of
- dump
- junk
- scrap
- throw away
- throw out
- chuck
- shuck
- ditch
noun the act of getting rid of something useless or used upSynonyms- disposal
- dumping
- elimination
- riddance
Words related to jettisonverb throw away, of something encumberingRelated Words- chuck out
- discard
- cast aside
- cast away
- throw away
- toss away
- toss out
- put away
- throw out
- cast out
- dispose
- fling
- toss
verb throw as from an airplaneRelated Words |