jet lag

See also: jetlag and jet-lag

English

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Etymology

Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.[1]

Noun

jet lag (usually uncountable, plural jet lags)

  1. (aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
    Synonyms: jet syndrome, (medicine) circadian dysrhythmia, (medicine) desynchronosis
    • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1:
      She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien’s theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic.

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References
  1. Maksel, Rebecca (2008 June) “When did the term “jet lag” come into use?”, in Air & Space/Smithsonian‎

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from English jet lag.

Noun

jet lag m (invariable)

  1. jet lag
    • 2007, Di Thomas Kohnstamm, Venezuela, →ISBN:
      Per evitare il jet lag bevete molti liquidi (non alcolici) e mangiate cibi leggeri.
      In order to avoid jet lag, drink lots of (non-alcoholic) liquid and eat lightly.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jet lag.

Noun

jet lag m (uncountable)

  1. jet lag (a physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight)

Spanish

Noun

jet lag m (uncountable)

  1. jet lag

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