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jet·ti·son
(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.]
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jettison
(ˈdʒɛtɪsən; -zən)vb (tr) , -sons, -soning or -soned
1. to throw away; abandon: to jettison old clothes.
2. (Nautical Terms) to throw overboard
n
(Nautical Terms) another word for jetsam1
[C15: from Old French getaison, ultimately from Latin jactātiō a tossing about; see jactation]
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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]
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jettison
The selective release of stores from an aircraft other than normal attack.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
jettison
Past participle: jettisoned
Gerund: jettisoning
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| Verb | 1. | jettison - throw away, of something encumbering |
| 2. | jettison - throw as from an airplane throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" |
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jettison
verb
1. 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.
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jettison
verbInformal. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example:
Slang: ditch.
The act of getting rid of something useless or used up:
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jettison
[ˈdʒetɪsn] VT (Naut) → echar al mar, echar por la borda (Aer) → vaciar (fig) → deshacerse dewe can safely jettison that → bien podemos prescindir de eso
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jettison
(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. echar por la borda
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