jato

American

[jey-toh] / ˈdʒeɪ toʊ /

noun

plural

jatos

a jet-assisted takeoff, especially one using auxiliary rocket motors that are jettisoned at the completion of the takeoff.

jato British

/ ˈdʒeɪtəʊ /

noun

aeronautics jet-assisted takeoff

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Etymology

Origin of jato

1940–45; Amer.; j(et) a(ssisted) t(ake)o(ff)

Example Sentences

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But the U.S.'s Alexander Calder's finely drawn glass wire twisted into a bird form intriguingly suggested a pigeon in a jato takeoff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every jato in every pushpot about every launching cage fired at once.

From Project Gutenberg

"It is now vacant and what will hold ja and jato will hold this stranger if he is not the Dor-ul-Otho."

From Project Gutenberg

The advanced trainees shoot off a jato at top speed.

From Project Gutenberg

The pushpots were jet motors in frames and metal skin, with built-in jato rocket tubes besides their engines.

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