Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aircraft takeoff aided by an auxiliary jet or rocket.
- noun An auxiliary jet-producing unit providing additional thrust for a takeoff.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
auxiliary jet engine in adetachable unit that provides extrapower for thetakeoff of anaircraft - noun A
takeoff assisted by such a unit - noun A
RATO unit orRATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That meant we didn't dare put on spin by violent means-which is where jato units come in.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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The stuff was oxygen tanks, loaded, and aluminum mirrors to shield them, panels of outer skin-sandwich stuff of titanium alloy sheet with foamed glass filling-and cases of jato units to spin the living quarters.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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The twins as well as Meade went out with him; they made quick work of setting jato units, the young people locking them in place and the Captain seeing to the wiring personally.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Later in the afternoon he fired one more jato unit, leaving the Stone dead in space relative to City Hall and less than an eighth of a mile from it He turned to the phone and called the Mayor.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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'Oh, I imagine you could move that hulk with a few jato units, if you were gentle about it and weren't in any hurry.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Before the strike in the Hallelujah the group calling themselves Rock City had been working Kaiser Wilhelm node behind Ceres in orbit; at the good news they moved, speeding up a trifle and passing in-orbit of Ceres, a ragtag caravan nudged through the sky by scooters, chemical rocket engines, jato units, and faith.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Just before lunch on the third day Captain Stone slowed his ship still more and corrected her vector by firing a jato unit; City Hall and several other shapes could be seen ahead.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Anybody want to come out with me while I set jato units? '
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Except for one fast trip to Chemisant City -- when he had neither the time nor the excuse to buy a jato rocket -- Karpin had spent all of his time since McCann's death right here on this planetoid.
The Risk Profession Donald E. Westlake
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The advanced trainees shoot off a jato at top speed.
Space Platform Murray Leinster 1935
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