plasma jet

noun

: a stream of very hot ionized plasma

also : a device for producing such a stream

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Now researchers have created a prototype thruster capable of generating plasma jets with propulsive forces comparable to those from conventional jet engines, using only air and electricity. —

IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 Jet planes may one day fly without fossil fuels by using plasma jets, new research from scientists in China suggests. —

IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 These near-parallel strands seemed to be connecting the swirling lobes at the ends of the galaxy’s two plasma jets to each other. —

Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020 For over a century, astronomers have puzzled over solar spicules, the millions of plasma jets that cover the sun’s surface like whiskers. —

Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019 These guns are designed to shoot plasma jets of ionized gas into the chamber, targeting, compressing, and heating a cloud of fusion fuel inside. —

Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019