jettisoning

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English

Verb

jettisoning

  1. present participle and gerund of jettison

Noun

jettisoning (plural jettisonings)

  1. The action by which something is jettisoned.
    • 1986, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and water development appropriations for 1987, page 1476:
      Both weapons are presumed to have submerged almost instantly. The ocean varies in depth in the area of the jettisonings.