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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ramjet
a jet engine operated by fuel injected into a stream of air compressed by the aircraft's forward speed.

Etymology: (1940–45)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ramjet, ramjet engine, atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe
a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed

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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. ramjet
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.

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