ramjet
pronunciation
How to pronounce ramjet in British English:
UK ['ræmdʒet]
How to pronounce ramjet in American English:
US ['ræmdʒet]
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- Noun:
- a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
Word Origin
- ramjet (n.)
- 1942, from ram (v.) + jet (n.).
Example
- 1. The adaptive control characteristics of unchoked solid rocket ramjet engine .
- 2. A simple , essentially tubular jet engine , such as a ramjet .
- 3. A new supersonic combustion ramjet , or scramjet , engine gets put through its paces at a nasa research center in a ground-based test that simulated mach 5 conditions in 2008 .
- 4. Artificial neural network identification of burning rate in solid fuel ramjet .
- 5. Ramjet engines have traditionally used liquid fuel which is mixed with atmospheric air and burned to provide thrust for high-speed flight .