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waterjet

American  
[waw-ter-jet, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌdʒɛt, ˈwɒt ər- /

noun

  1. a stream of water forced out through a small aperture.

  2. Also water jet waterpick.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or operated by a waterjet.

    a waterjet pump.

Etymology

Origin of waterjet

First recorded in 1825–35; water + jet 1

Example Sentences

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The firm will evaluate waterjet, plasma and hydraulic mechanical cutters in the future.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

The robot arms are the sort that toil in car factories, for example, and the waterjet is manufactured by ANT AG, another German firm.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

Despite Shape’s move, Kent will remain a center of waterjet production.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2018

One of the original founders of Flow, former Boeing scientist John Olsen, left in the early 1990s to found another waterjet company, OMAX, also based in Kent and competing with Flow.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2018

The waterjet still plashes silver sweet, The ancient aspen rustles as of yore.

From Poems of Paul Verlaine by Brownell, Gertrude Hall