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 Definitions of jettison  [ˈdʒɛt ə sən, -zən]  

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Definition of 'jettison' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) jettison
to cast (cargo, supplies, etc.) overboard or out so as to lighten or stabilize a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.

2.  jettison
to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard.

3. (n.) jettison
the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME jetteson < AF; OF getaison < L jactātiōnem, acc. of jactātiō; see jactation)

Definition of 'jettison' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) jettison
throw away, of something encumbering

2. (verb) jettison
throw as from an airplane


Definition of 'jettison' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) jettison
the throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck

2. (noun) jettison
see Jetsam, 1


Translation of 'jettison' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to throw (cargo etc) overboard to lighten a ship, aircraft etc in times of danger
When one of the engines failed, the aeroplane crew jettisoned the luggage.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorboord Arabic flag Arabic: يُلقي حُمولَة السَّفينَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изхвърлям (товар)
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alijar a carga Czech flag Czech: shodit German flag German: über Bord werfen
Danish flag Danish: kaste over bord Greek flag Greek: ρίχνω, ξεφορτώνομαι το πε Spanish flag Spanish: echar por la borda
Estonian flag Estonian: üle parda heitma Farsi flag Farsi: بیرون ریختن؛ دور انداختن Finnish flag Finnish: heittää pois
French flag French: larguer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַשְלִיך, לְהִיפָּטֵר Hindi flag Hindi: फेंक देना, नहीं लेना
Croatian flag Croatian: pobacati stvari iz broda Hungarian flag Hungarian: (hajóból) könnyítésül kid Indonesian flag Indonesian: membuang muatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: varpa fyrir borð Italian flag Italian: disfarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 投げ荷をする
Korean flag Korean: (긴급시 배, 비행기를 가볍게 하기 위한) 투 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išmesti už borto Latvian flag Latvian: kravas izmešana (avārijas
Malay flag Malay: mencampakkan Dutch flag Dutch: overboord werpen Norwegian flag Norwegian: dumpe, kaste over bord
Polish flag Polish: pozbyć się (balastu) Persian flag Persian: بیرون ریختن؛ دور انداختن Pashto flag Pashto: پورته اچول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alijar a carga Romanian flag Romanian: a arun­ca (lestul/încărcă Russian flag Russian: выбрасывать за борт
Slovak flag Slovak: zhodiť (čo) do mora Slovenian flag Slovenian: odvreči Serbian flag Serbian: bacati teret iz vozila
Swedish flag Swedish: kastaöverbord Thai flag Thai: โยนสิ่งของออกเพื่อทำให้เร Turkish flag Turkish: gemiyi/uçağı hafifletmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (在緊急情況下)丟棄(貨物等)以減輕載重 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скидати вантаж Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز وغیرہ سے خطرے کے وقت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vứt bớt để làm nhẹ Chinese flag Chinese: (在紧急情况下)投弃货物

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