jato

American  

[jey-toh] / ˈdʒeɪ toʊ /

noun

plural

jatos

1. a jet-assisted takeoff, especially one using auxiliary rocket motors that are jettisoned at the completion of the takeoff.

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jato British  

/ ˈdʒeɪtəʊ /

noun

1. aeronautics jet-assisted takeoff

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Etymology

Origin of jato

1940–45; Amer.; j(et) a(ssisted) t(ake)o(ff)

Example Sentences

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

The pushpots were jet motors in frames and metal skin, with built-in jato rocket tubes besides their engines.

From Space Tug by Leinster, Murray

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 Leinster, Murray

"It is now vacant and what will hold ja and jato will hold this stranger if he is not the Dor-ul-Otho."

From Tarzan the Terrible by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"He fights with the ferocity of jato," mused the chief.

From Tarzan the Terrible by Burroughs, Edgar Rice