rejet

From re- +‎ jet.

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.
   • 1989, Larry Shepard, How to Hot Rod Small-block Mopar Engines‎^[1], page 140:

     As a general rule the four-hole spacer helps torque while the one-hole spacer helps top end. You may have to rejet the carburetor before any gain from the spacer is found, whether it is a one-hole or a four-hole.

• Jeter

Compare with rejeter (verb) and English reject (verb and noun).

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʒɛ/

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rejet m (plural rejets)

1. reject, thing (especially a graft) that is rejected or thrown away

• antirejet

• rejeton

• “rejet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• jeter