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jetting [′jedĀ·iŋ]
(civil engineering)
A method of driving piles or well points into sand by using a jet of water to break the soil.
(engineering)
During molding of plastics, the turbulent flow of molten resin from an undersized gate or thin section into a thicker mold section, as opposed to laminar, progressive flow.

jetting
1. The sinking of piles or well points by the use of a water jet, e.g., through a hole in a cast concrete pole or by inserting a pile in a hole produced by jetting; esp. used where pile driving may damage neighboring buildings.
2. The compacting of backfill around a pipe by introducing water under pressure in the trench in which the pipe is laid.


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That night, too, there was another jetting out of gas from the distant planet.
The long, agitated noses of their, big guns, jetting thin transparent flashes and the broadside activity of the quick-firers, were the chief facts in this bird's-eye view.
 
 
 
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