Jet

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Contents 1 Science 2 Aerospace 3 Music 4 Fiction 5 Sports 6 Culture 7 Products and business 8 Places 9 Other

Jet may refer to:

[edit] Science

• Jet (fluid), a stream of material
• Jet (lignite), a mineral-like material in geology
• Jet (mathematics), an operation that produces an abstract polynomial
• jet (nozzle) a nozzle designed to produce a stream of a fluid
• Jet (particle physics), a cone of hadrons
• Joint European Torus, or JET is an experimental nuclear fusion reactor
• Blue jet, a form of upper atmospheric lightning in meteorology
• Relativistic jet, a stream of fast-moving plasma emitted from an active galaxy
• Jet bundle, a manipulation of differential equations in mathematics
• Journal of Economic Theory (JET), a leading journal in theoretical economics

[edit] Aerospace

• Jet engine
• Jet aircraft
• Jet Airways, an airline based in India serving domestic and international routes
• JetBlue Airways, an airline based in New York
• Jetstar Airways, an Australian airline servicing domestic and International routes
• Jetsgo, a Canadian airline

[edit] Music

• "Jet" (song), a 1973 single by Wings
• Jet (band), a rock band from Melbourne, Australia who took their name from the above song
• Jet (Italian band), a rock band from Genoa, northern Italy
• Jet (UK band), a 1970s glam rock band from England
• Jet-CD, a 1998 album by Puffy AmiYumi
• The Jets (1980s pop band), a 1980s pop, R&B, dance and religious music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota
• The Jets (rock band), a 1970s rock band from Pekin, Illinois
• The Jets (pop band), a 1970s rockabilly band from Northampton, England
• Jet Records, a record label
• Joan Jett, American rock guitarist and singer

[edit] Fiction

• Jet (Wildstorm), a character from Wildstorm/DC Comics
• Jet (comics), a female character in DC comics New Guardians
• Jet Jaguar, a fictional robot from the 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon
• The Jets, a gang in the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story
• Jet, a character from the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Jet, the tenth episode of the first season of the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Jet Black, a character from the anime Cowboy Bebop
• Jet the Hawk, a video game character from Sonic Riders
• Jet, a widely used drug in the Fallout 2 universe
• Jet Fusion, a cartoon character from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Jet Link, who is Cyborg 002, a character from Cyborg 009

[edit] Sports

• New York Jets, an American football team
• Jet 14, a class of racing sailboats primarily located from the U.S. Atlantic coast to Ohio
• Delhi Jets, A Cricket team from Indian Cricket League
• Winnipeg Jets, a former professional hockey team
• Ipswich Jets, Australian rugby league team
• Jet, Diane Youdale, one of the stars of Gladiators
• "Jet," or "Jet Terry," nickname of Dallas Maverick Jason Terry
• Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, A kickboxer, coreographer and actor Benny Urquidez
• Newcastle United Jets, a professional soccer team in the Australian A-League competition
• Newtown Jets, Australian rugby league team

[edit] Culture

• Jet (magazine), an African-American themed magazine
• Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star
• JET Programme, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (teaching English)
• Jet (slang), to leave in a hurry

[edit] Products and business

• jetAudio, Multimedia software product
• Microsoft Jet Database Engine, Joint Engine Technology
• Java Emitter Templates, a template engine that is part of the Eclipse EMF project
• Matra Sports Jet, a French sports car
• Jet (brand), a filling station brand name
• JET TV, a television station in Singapore and Taiwan in the Jadeworld station group
• Pump-jet, a marine propulsion mechanism for jetskis and other types of boats
• Water jet cutter, a tool for cutting and the machining of engineering materials
• Jet: a tube, nozzle, or passageway in a carburetor

[edit] Places

• Jet, Oklahoma, United States of America

[edit] Other

• Water jet (recreation), a personal-use water cannon that can be turned to spray in different directions and is usually found in water parks