How to Use plasma jet in a Sentence

plasma jet

noun
  • The machine works by firing dozens of high-speed plasma jets toward a central point.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • These plasma jets, the team notes, can be seen superimposed on top of one another when viewing the black hole from afar.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, other matter is channeled to the poles of the black hole, from where it is blasted away as high-energy plasma jets travelling at near-light speeds.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 June 2026
  • Jet planes may one day fly without fossil fuels by using plasma jets, new research from scientists in China suggests.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020
  • An air compressor forces high-pressure air at a rate of 30 liters per minute into an ionization chamber in the device, which uses microwaves to convert this air stream into a plasma jet blasted out of a quartz tube.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020
  • In laboratory tests, the team trained their plasma jet on samples of Staphylococcus caprae, a skin bacterium previously detected on the ISS.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
  • 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, 15 May 2020
  • If this scenario is the right fit for GRB 250702B, this would represent the first time astronomers have spotted an intermediate-mass black hole producing a plasma jet after ripping up a star.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025

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