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What (who) is jettison$41519$ - definition
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Jettisoned; Jettison (disambiguation)
jettison
The throwing overboard of cargo to lighten a ship in order to save the ship and its contents.
jettison
(jettisons, jettisoning, jettisoned)
1.
If you jettison something, for example an idea or a plan, you deliberately reject it or decide not to use it.
The Government seems to have jettisoned the plan.
= abandon
VERB: V n
2.
To jettison something that is not needed or wanted means to throw it away or get rid of it.
The crew jettisoned excess fuel and made an emergency landing.
= discard
VERB: V n
Jettison
·noun ·see Jetsam, 1.
II. Jettison ·noun The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
Wikipedia
Jettison
Jettison may refer to:
- Jettison (shipping), cargo discarded from a ship or wreckage
- Jettison (aviation), an aviation term to discard fuel or weapons in flight by use of a mechanism, switch or handle
- Fuel jettison, a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations
