ramjet

ram·jet  (rmjt)

n.

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.

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ramjet

Noun

a. a type of jet engine in which fuel is burned in a duct using air compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft

b. an aircraft powered by such an engine

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ramjet  (rmjt)

A cylindrical jet propulsion engine consisting of air intake and combustion chambers into which burning fuel is injected, forcing hot air out of the rear of the engine at high pressures to provide forward thrust. See Note at turbojet.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ramjet - a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe, ramjet engine jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion

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A jet-propulsion engine containing neither compressor nor turbine which depends for its operation on the air compression accomplished by the forward motion of the engine. See also pulsejet.