Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A jet engine that propels aircraft by igniting fuel mixed with air taken and compressed by the engine in a fashion that produces greater exhaust than intake velocity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun aviation A
jet engine in which forward motion forces air into aninlet , compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion issubsonic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
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Examples
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The ramjet is a device for using the interstellar hydrogen as a means for propulsion.
I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010
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In addition there are two separate and distinct improvements to something called a ramjet, another rocket part, the blueprints of an experimental aviation cannon, a new atmospheric analyzer, and the formula for some sort of steel—this last, it seems, highly experimental.
TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009
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These fields are maintained by a "ramjet" effect, energy picked up from interstellar gas as we mosey along.
The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975
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Bussard's "ramjet" design used magnetic fields generated by the craft to scoop up the tenuous gas of interstellar space.
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Bussard's "ramjet" design used magnetic fields generated by the craft to scoop up the tenuous gas of interstellar space.
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Bussard's "ramjet" design used magnetic fields generated by the craft to scoop up the tenuous gas of interstellar space.
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Bussard's "ramjet" design used magnetic fields generated by the craft to scoop up the tenuous gas of interstellar space.
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Once the plane is cruising at an altitude of 32 kilometers, ramjet engines common to military aircraft would kick in to take the Zehst hypersonic.
Going Hypersonic Michelle Price 2011
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Bussard ramjet - November 28, 2009 added by atkinson | Images mcs+ to rate
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The main idea now is to develop an engine which is able to take the aircraft from the tarmac to mach 6+ using basically one engine which combines a turbojet, ramjet, and last but not least a scramjet.
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