1. Lancer. Jet de pierre.
2. (Au figuré) Version. Premier jet d'un plan.
Avion ŕ réaction.
1. A hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation.
2. An airplane powered by one or more jet engines; SYN. jet plane, jet-propelled plane.
3. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid); SYN. squirt, spurt, spirt.
Hard, black variety of lignite, a type of coal. It is cut and polished for use in jewelry and ornaments. Articles made of jet have been found in Bronze Age tombs
1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
2. A small, quick stream of fluid; a jet.