scram·jet

(skrăm′jĕt′)

A ramjet airplane engine designed for hypersonic flight that burns fuel in the supersonic airstream produced by the plane.

[s(upersonic) + c(ombustion) + ramjet.]

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scramjet

(ˈskræmˌdʒɛt)

(Aeronautics)

a. a type of ramjet in which the forward motion of the craft forces oxygen to mix with fuel (usually hydrogen) at supersonic speeds within a duct in the engine

b. an aircraft powered by such an engine

c. (as modifier): scramjet technology.

[C20: from s(upersonic) + c(ombustion) + ramjet]

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scram•jet

(ˈskræmˌdʒɛt)

n.

a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.

[1965–70; s(upersonic)c(ombustion)ramjet]

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