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Jet Stream: A water course flowing at a high speed through a valley or a
plain. It normally flows from west to east.
Job Rotation: workers are skilled in a number of different jobs and
several people are capable of doing each job. This ensures that each job can be
covered in the case of absence. It also means that jobs can be regularly
rotated to prevent a worker from becoming bored in a particular role.
Joints: A naturally formed crack that runs through a rock are called
joints.
Joints: small cracks in the layers of rock created during earth
movements.
Jurisdiction: The right and power to apply the law; the territorial
range of legal authority or control.
Just-in-Time: a production system where components are delivered just in
time for assembly. This saves transport and storage costs as well as theft.
Juvenile Water: In geography terms, water that is formed within the
Earth and reaches the surface through an intrusive rock is called juvenile
water.
