jet stream

See also: jetstream

English

Alternative forms

• jetstream

Noun

jet stream (plural jet streams)

1. (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