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Definition of "jato" []

  • An aircraft takeoff aided by an auxiliary jet or rocket. (noun)
  • An auxiliary jet-producing unit providing additional thrust for a takeoff. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jato" in a sentence
  • "That meant we didn't dare put on spin by violent means-which is where jato units come in."
  • "The stuff was oxygen tanks, loaded, and aluminum mirrors to shield them, panels of outer skin-sandwich stuff of titanium alloy sheet with foamed glass filling-and cases of jato units to spin the living quarters."
  • "Just before lunch on the third day Captain Stone slowed his ship still more and corrected her vector by firing a jato unit; City Hall and several other shapes could be seen ahead."
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