ramjet

English

Etymology

From ram +‎ jet.

Noun

ramjet (plural ramjets)

1. (aeronautics) A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.

Derived terms

• Bussard ramjet
• interstellar ramjet
• scramjet
• turbo-ramjet

Related terms

• jet engine
• pulsejet
• turbojet

Translations

ramjet engine

• Catalan: estatoreactor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沖壓發動機／冲压发动机 (chōngyā fādòngjī), 沖壓引擎／冲压引擎 (chōngyā yǐnqíng)

• Finnish: patoputkimoottori (fi), patopainemoottori
• French: statoréacteur (fr)
• German: Staustrahltriebwerk n
• Irish: rop-scairdinneall m
• Japanese: ラムジェット (ramujetto)
• Welsh: ramjet f