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jamming

ˈʤæmɪŋ
WordNet
Glass jar in which one would expect jam with the inscription 'Shit', on a painting that hangs on a wall with floral wallpaper.
Glass jar in which one would expect jam with the inscription 'Shit', on a painting that hangs on a wall with floral wallpaper.
  1. (n) jamming
    deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
Illustrations
Japanese soldiers destroy the track with pickaxes, jamming a train with Russian soldiers. In reality, the railways in Manchuria were not well developed during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Russia struggled to get its soldiers to the front line and this delay indirectly caused Japan to win the war.
Japanese soldiers destroy the track with pickaxes, jamming a train with Russian soldiers. In reality, the railways in Manchuria were not well developed during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Russia struggled to get its soldiers to the front line and this delay indirectly caused Japan to win the war.
Quotations
I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
Larry King
Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are no traffic jams in the second mile.
Source Unknown
The Extra Mile will have no traffic jams.
Source Unknown
Lewis Carroll
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday --but never jam today.
Lewis Carroll
Ernest Hemingway
The age demanded that we dance and jammed us into iron pants. And in the end the age was handed the sort of shit that it demanded.
Ernest Hemingway
Idioms

In a jam - If you are in a jam, you are in some trouble. If you get out of a jam, you avoid trouble.

Jam on your face - If you say that someone has jam on their face, they appear to be caught, embarrassed or found guilty.

Jam tomorrow - (UK) This idiom is used when people promise good things for the future that will never come.

Money for jam - If something's money for jam, it's a very easy way of making money.

Usage in the news

Carly Rae Jepsen may have created summer's most ubiquitous jam, but at last night's Teen Choice Awards, she rocked a beauty look I'm not certain will be as popular. allure.com

Another week has past, jam packed with hot women all fighting to move on to Babe of the Month, then, Babe of the Year. 1069therock.com

Sequim's Centennial unofficially kicks off Thursday with a jig and a jam from Celtic band CRAICMORE, led by vocalist Nancy Johnston. sequimgazette.com

Duck Rillettes with fig jam, spiced walnuts & grilled sourdough bread 12. nymag.com

Only the person putting said pedal to said metal has no choice — it's jammed. kmnd.com

My shirt goes with my Pearl Jam Ten Club Membership. z975.com

For the casual visitor, Vernazza feels just fine — the main drag is jammed with beachgoers, and the harborfront is springing back to life. baltimoresun.com

When it comes to genre signifiers, the word eclectic is often code for "jam band". indyweek.com

Latest Posts from Jeff's Polka Jam. dez.com

Notes 2day – Pearl Jam gives back. 92zew.net

If you've been missing the music and food at Bread and Jam at 130 Remsen St, Cohoes , you're in luck. blog.timesunion.com

POP REVIEW; Communal Jams With a Legacy. nytimes.com

Def Jam executive vice president Shakir Stewart died Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. blackenterprise.com

Def Jam executive vice president Shakir Stewart, 34, died on Saturday, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his New York-based label said in a statement. blackenterprise.com

INTERVIEWS How Pearl Jam Shaped the Gaslight Anthem's ' Handwritten '. spin.com

Usage in scientific papers

Clearly, OSLN do not distinguish between different degrees or levels of jamming.
Comment on "Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder"

For OSLN, a jammed configuration is one where there are no zero-frequency modes of the Hessian matrix of the total potential energy with respect to the positions of the particles (the dynamical matrix), while keeping the periodic unit cell fixed.
Comment on "Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder"

Our definition of strict jamming relaxes this requirement and includes the lattice vectors as additional degrees of freedom .
Comment on "Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder"

OSLN’s definition of jammed means simply that the Hessian is positive definite at the energy minimum. A precise phrase for this is a stable or strict (local) energy minimum, and we see no point in redefining this elementary concept.
Comment on "Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder"

However, they were not strictly jammed because OSLN keep the lattice vectors fixed during energy minimization.
Comment on "Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder"

Usage in literature

It was on the Friday night that Frank came back with the announcement that he was to go to work at the jam factory on Monday. "None Other Gods" by Robert Hugh Benson

Here's Grandma Ford all ready with that bread and jam for you! "Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's" by Laura Lee Hope

In disgust and anger he rose and, having pulled the jam to the side of the fire, went into the garden. "The Good Comrade" by Una L. Silberrad

Some transport had got jammed in the yard. ""Contemptible"" by "Casualty"

Shot one belt, machine-gun jammed, then unjammed. "Georges Guynemer" by Henry Bordeaux

Birch canoes would be crushed like egg-shells if they were run through the ice jams of spring floods. "Pathfinders of the West" by A. C. Laut

Baked haddock; calves' heart roasted; bread-and-jam pudding. "The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886" by Various

He jammed down the take-off rocket firing button. "Space Tug" by Murray Leinster

The crowds jammed the streets and shouted their curses in the face of the advancing volunteers. "The Victim" by Thomas Dixon

The sergeant called us at 6.30, and we had another sketchy wash, and coffee and rolls and jam at the buffet. "Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915" by Anonymous

Usage in poetry
They roused him with muffins—they roused him with ice—
They roused him with mustard and cress—
They roused him with jam and judicious advice—
They set him conundrums to guess.
Wrong or justice, joy or sorrow,
In the present what are they
while there's always jam-tomorrow,
While we tread the onward way?
Never knowing where we're going,
We can never go astray.
Though 'tis a fearsome sight, I ween,
When jam tins strew the shingle,
It is a far more shocking scene
When Bert and Benjy mingle
With Maude and Winnie in the wave;
It hurts to see them so behave.
And I'd know why papa shut the door with a slam,
And said something funny that sounded like "jam,"
And then "Edith--where are you?" I said, "Here I am."
"Ah, that's right, dear, look out of the window!"
I kin see us, true to Natur', thum the time we started out
With a biscuit and a 'tater in our little "roundabout!"
I kin see our lines a-tanglin', and our elbows in a jam,
And our naked legs a-danglin' thum the apern of the dam.
I hope the ladies and gentlemen of Dundee will try and learn knowledge
At home in Dundee in their nice little College,
Because knowledge is sweeter than honey or jam,
Therefore let them try and gain knowledge as quick as they can.