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Ramjet

Definition: Ramjet

Ramjet

Noun

1. A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Ramjet

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

= ramjet engine. (references)

Industry

The ram-jet has no turbo-compressor, the feed air being forced in by the speed of motion alone and compressed in the combustion chamber under the effect of a duct. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ramjet

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

RAMJET

Greekθερμοπροωστική μηχανήIndustry

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Ramjet

Synonyms: atherodyde (n), athodyd (n), flying drainpipe (n), ramjet engine (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Ramjet

English words defined with "ramjet": ramjet engine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ramjet": aeroduct, air augmented rocketdirect air cycle, ducted rocketfree-stream capture areahypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ramjet engineLorin tuberam-rocket, rocket ramjettwo-dimensional ramjet. (references)

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Modern Usage: Ramjet

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Roger Ramjet (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Ramjet

DomainTitle

Books

  • Intake Aerodynamics: An Account of the Mechanics of Flow in and Around the Air Intakes of Turbine-Engines and Ramjet Aircraft and Missiles (Aiaa Edu) (reference)

  • Molecular Ramjet and Other Bedtime Stories (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Ramjet

Expressions using "ramjet": hypersonic ramjet hypersonic ramjet engine ramjet engine. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ramjet

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ramjet

41

ramjet roger

20

engine ramjet

14

350 ramjet

9

502 ramjet

8

nuclear ramjet

5

build ramjet

2

helicopter ramjet

2

ramjet transformer

2

bussard ramjet

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ramjet

Language Translations for "ramjet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ram-motor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), ramjetmotor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), stato-reaktor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), hypersonisk ramjet (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stuwstraalmotor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), hypersone raketmotor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), athodyde (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yliäänipatoputkimoottori (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), yliäänipatoputkikone (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), patoputki (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), patomoottori (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

French

  

thermopropulseur (hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), statoréacteur hypersonique (hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), statoréacteur (hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

German

  

Staustrahltriebwerk (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

RAMJET (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), στατοαντιδραστήρας (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), υπερυπερηχητικός στατοαντιδραστήρας (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), είδοσ αεριωθούμενησ μηχανήσ, αεροθερμοδυναμικός αυλός (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), αεροθερμοδυναμική μηχανή (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), αθόδυλος (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), θερμοπροωστική μηχανή (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tolósugár-hajtómű (ramjet engine). (various references)

   

Italian

  

termopropulsore (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), statoreattore (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), autoreattore ad autogetto (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amjetray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

termopropulsor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), estato-reactor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прямоточный воздушнореактивный двигатель. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

termopropulsor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), estatorreactor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rammraketmotor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), rammotor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine), hypersonisk rammotor (aero-thermodynamic duct, athodyd, hypersonic ramjet, hypersonic ram-jet, hypersonic ramjet engine, ram-jet, ram-jet engine). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เครื่องยนต์ไอพ่น. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tepkili jet. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Ramjet

Derivations

Words beginning with "ramjet": ramjets. (additional references)

Words ending with "ramjet": scramjet. (additional references)

Words containing "ramjet": scramjets. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Ramjet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Namjim, Rajat, Rajit, ramet, ramjam, Ramjee, Ramjuttun, ramleh, Ramlet, Ramljak, rampet, Ranjeet, Ranjen, Ranjit, Ranjith, Ratjen, ratjet, rejet, remnet. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Ramjet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-j-m-r-t"

-1 letter: armet, mater, ramet, tamer.

-2 letters: mare, mart, mate, meat, meta, rate, ream, tame, tare, team, tear, term, tram.

-3 letters: are, arm, art, ate, ear, eat, era, eta, jam, jar, jet, mae, mar, mat, met, raj, ram, rat, rem, ret, tae, taj, tam, tar, tea.

-4 letters: ae, am, ar, at, em, er, et, ma, me, re, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-j-m-r-t"
 

+1 letter: ramjets.

 

+2 letters: scramjet.

 

+3 letters: majorette, scramjets.

 

+4 letters: majorettes, majorities.

 

+5 letters: adjournment, megaproject.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ramjet


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61 6D 6A 65 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001 01101101 01101010 01100101 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97 &#109 &#106 &#101 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061 006D 006A 0065 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

526779767186

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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