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Meaning of jato | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
  2. Acronym of jet-assisted takeoff, a method of using booster rockets to allow heavily-loaded aircraft to lift off more quickly and use less runway length for takeoff.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  3. A takeoff assisted by such a unit
  4. One of the rockets used for the above purpose.
    countable
  5. A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off

Equivalents

Bosanski jato
Hrvatski jato
Italiano jato
Português jato
Српски jato

Examples

“An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

jatoba jatra jatropha jatrophane jatrophone jatrorrhizine

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