jet stream

See also: jetstream

English

Alternative forms

jetstream

Noun

jet stream (plural jet streams)

(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction

Translations

air current

Catalan: corrent en jet m
Cornish: stifliv m
Czech: tryskové proudění n
Danish: jetstrøm c
Dutch: straalstroom (nl) m
Finnish: suihkuvirtaus (fi)
German: Jetstream (de) m
Greek: αεροχείμαρρος (el) m (aerocheímarros)
Hungarian: futóáramlás
Irish: scairdsruth m
Korean: 제트류 (jeteuryu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jetstrøm m

Nynorsk: jetstraum m
Polish: prąd strumieniowy m
Russian: стру́йное тече́ние n (strújnoje tečénije)
Spanish: corriente en chorro f
Swedish: jetström c
Welsh: jetlif m

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