The meaning of JETTISONABLE is designed for being jettisoned or capable of being easily jettisoned from an airplane. How to use jettisonable in a sentence.

Definition of 'jettisonable' jettisonable in British English (ˈdʒɛtɪsənəbəl ) adjective capable of being jettisoned

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Adjective jettisonable (comparative more jettisonable, superlative most jettisonable) Capable of being jettisoned.

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'Jettisonable' [ˈdʒɛtɪsənəbəl] describes objects that can be thrown or dropped from an aircraft or spacecraft to reduce weight. Examples include jettisonable fuel tanks and boosters.

jettisonable jettisonable (ˈdʒɛtɪsənəbəl) adj capable of being jettisoned

The noun jettison refers to a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship’s load in time of distress, and is the source of the word jetsam, the word for goods that are so jettisoned; that word is …

jettison — jettisonable, adj. /jet euh seuhn, zeuhn/, v.t. 1. to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.