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jetstream

Variant of jet stream

  1. any of several bands of high-velocity winds moving from west to east around the earth at altitudes from c. 12 to 16 km (c. 8 to 10 mi)
  2. the stream of exhaust from any reaction engine
    also jetstream

    noun

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