jato
Americannoun
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jatos
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jato
1940–45; Amer.; j(et) a(ssisted) t(ake)o(ff)
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But the U.S.'s Alexander Calder's finely drawn glass wire twisted into a bird form intriguingly suggested a pigeon in a jato takeoff.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small wire-wound jato for jet-assisted-take-off will weigh a hundred and forty pounds and deliver a thousand pounds of thrust for fourteen seconds.
From Space Tug by Murray Leinster
Except for one fast trip to Chemisant City—when he had neither the time nor the excuse to buy a jato rocket—Karpin had spent all of his time since McCann's death right here on this planetoid.
From The Risk Profession by Larry Ivie
"He fights with the ferocity of jato," mused the chief.
From Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs
And a monstrous jato rocket, built into each and every one of the pushpots outside, flared chemical fumes in a simultaneous, gigantic thrust.
From Space Tug by Murray Leinster
I'm throwing in the series circuit for jatos.
From Space Tug by Murray Leinster
They were substitutes for the jatos the pushpots carried.
From Space Tug by Murray Leinster
Mike said: "Communications says get set to fire jatos, Joe."
From Space Tug by Murray Leinster
The jatos were firing furiously, and the ship jumped.
From Space Platform by Murray Leinster
Pushpots lifted it, jatos hurled it on, and then the furious, flaming take-off rockets drove it valiantly out toward the stars.
From Space Tug by Murray Leinster
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