Jet vs. Lag
Jetnoun
A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
Jetnoun
A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
Jetnoun
(aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
Jetnoun
An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
Jetnoun
A turbine.
Jetnoun
A rocket engine.
Jetnoun
A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
Jetnoun
(physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
Jetnoun
(dated) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
Jetnoun
The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
Jetnoun
A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
Jetnoun
The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
Jetverb
(intransitive) To spray out of a container.
Jetverb
(transitive) To spray with liquid from a container.
Jetverb
(intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
Jetverb
(intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
Jetverb
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Jetverb
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Jetverb
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Jetverb
To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
Jetverb
(slang) To leave.
Jetadjective
Propelled by turbine engines.
Jetadjective
Very dark black in colour.
Jetnoun
Same as 2d Get.
Jetnoun
A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.
Jetnoun
A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
Jetnoun
Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
Jetnoun
The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
Jetverb
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Jetverb
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Jetverb
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Jetverb
To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
Jetnoun
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
Jetnoun
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
Jetnoun
a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
Jetnoun
street names for ketamine
Jetnoun
an artificially produced flow of water
Jetverb
issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth;
Jetverb
fly a jet plane
Jetadjective
of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Lagadjective
late
Lagadjective
(obsolete) Last; long-delayed.
Lagadjective
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
Lagnoun
(countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
Lagnoun
(uncountable) Delay; latency.
Lagnoun
One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
Lagnoun
a prisoner, a criminal.
Lagnoun
(snooker) A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
Lagnoun
One who lags; that which comes in last.
Lagnoun
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
Lagnoun
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
Lagnoun
A bird, the greylag.
Lagverb
to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
Lagverb
to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
Lagverb
To transport as a punishment for crime.
Lagverb
(transitive) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Lagadjective
Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
Lagadjective
Last; long-delayed; - obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.
Lagadjective
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
Lagnoun
One who lags; that which comes in last.
Lagnoun
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
Lagnoun
The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.
Lagnoun
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.;
Lagnoun
See Graylag.
Lagnoun
The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which produced it.
Lagnoun
One transported for a crime.
Lagverb
To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
Lagverb
To cause to lag; to slacken.
Lagverb
To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.
Lagverb
To transport for crime.
Lagnoun
the act of slowing down or falling behind
Lagnoun
the time between one event, process, or period and another
Lagnoun
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Lagverb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Lagverb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
Lagverb
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
Lagverb
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss;
Lag
In online gaming, lag is a noticeable delay (latency) between the action of players (input) and the reaction of the server supporting the game, which has to be sent back to the client. The player's ability to tolerate lag depends on the type of game being played.
