gas jet
AmericanEtymology
Origin of gas jet
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Loosely inspired by traditional Polynesian huts, the home featured a steep roof design, bamboo curtains and a triangle-shaped swimming pool with a gas jet that sent flames shooting into the air.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
He raised the torch to the gas jet attached to the bottom of the arch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Wolfson explained that the time between the detonation of the charge and the gas jet striking the box would be half a millisecond.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2014
But while he inflates a spectacular ball flask over a roaring gas jet, Sella explains that the next silicon revolution was based on a very different form of the element.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2014
Lee set the percolator on the gas jet.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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