"rejet" meaning in English

See rejet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rejets [present, singular, third-person], rejetting [participle, present], rejetted [participle, past], rejetted [past]
Etymology: From re- + jet. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re-|jet}} re- + jet Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} rejet (third-person singular simple present rejets, present participle rejetting, simple past and past participle rejetted)
  1. To change the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to replace or adjust a carburetor jet.

Inflected forms

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