液体射流在许多不同的领域都有应用。比如在日常生活中，它们产生自水龙头、花洒和喷雾罐。在农业中，它们在灌溉和作物保护产品的使用中发挥作用。在医学领域，注射和吸入器也会产生液体射流。工业上，液体射流用于水刀、涂布材料或冷却塔。雾化液体射流对于内燃机的效率至关重要。它们在研究中也起着至关重要的作用，例如在蛋白质[3]，相变[4]，物质的极端状态（英语：Extreme states of matter）[5]，激光等离子体（英语：Laser plasma）[6]和高次谐波的产生[7]的研究中，以及在粒子物理实验中。 [8]还有一些动物，尤其是头足类动物，靠喷气推进来移动。
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