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ramjet

[ UK /ɹˈæmd‍ʒɛt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed

How To Use ramjet In A Sentence

  • The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks. When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow
  • a "scramjet" - powered X-43A research vehicle at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. WN.com - Business News
  • All other rockets must carry a heavy load of oxygen to combust their fuel, but the scramjet extracts its own oxygen from the atmosphere and mixes it with liquid hydrogen on board to form fuel.
  • Here scramjets beat the speed of sound using the Pegasus rocket, which later separates from the vehicle.
  • There's no reason to think that a scramjet will be any cheaper than a rocket, and abundant reason to think otherwise. X-51 Waverider Set to Fly This Fall - NASA Watch
  • Bussard's "ramjet" design used magnetic fields generated by the craft to scoop up the tenuous gas of interstellar space. New Scientist - Online News
  • The unpiloted vehicle's supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, ignited as planned and operated for the duration of its hydrogen fuel supply.
  • Ramjet engine is ideal propulsive equipment for new supersonic missile, and supersonic inlets are important components.
  • This would open the door to future runway aircraft, which would operate subsonic and supersonic using ordinary turbojets and hypersonically on scramjets. The Register
  • Because it does not have to carry oxygen tanks, the scramjet could also contain more cargo space.
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