Definitions for jettison
ˈdʒɛt ə sən, -zənjet·ti·son

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. jettisonverb

   throw away, of something encumbering

2. jettisonverb

   throw as from an airplane

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. jettisonnoun

   Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

2. jettisonnoun

   The action of jettisoning items.

3. jettisonverb

   To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

4. jettisonverb

   To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.

5. Etymology: From getteson, from getaison (French: would be * like pendaison). Cognate to jetsam

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1. jettison

   Jettison is a verb that generally means to throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship, especially to lighten the load in an emergency situation. More broadly, it can refer to discarding or getting rid of anything that is unnecessary or unwanted.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jettisonnoun

   the throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck

2. Jettisonnoun

   see Jetsam, 1

3. Etymology: [See Jetsam.]

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1. Jettison

   Jettison is the third album by Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, released on Caroline Records in 1988.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jettison

   The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship in stress of weather. The loss forms a subject for general average.

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1. • Discard
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How to pronounce jettison?

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How to say jettison in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jettison in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jettison in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of jettison in a Sentence

1. Wendy Young:

   I fear that one of the insidious agenda items here is for the administration to jettison the protections... all the policies and procedures we built up over the years to protect the children in the system, we were starting to get there and then under this administration -- a system that has taken us 30 years to build, it's taken them three months to tear down.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jettison
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jettison
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jettison
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=jettison
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=jettison